belief
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
belief/bɪˈliːf/
▶noun
- 1 an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof.
■ a firmly held opinion or conviction.
■ a religious conviction.
- 2 (belief in) trust or confidence in.
– phrases
beyond belief astonishing; incredible.
beyond belief astonishing; incredible.
'belief' also found in these Oxford entries:
abjure
- absolutism
- absurdism
- Adventist
- alchemilla
- anarchism
- animism
- apostasy
- apostate
- apostatize
- -arian
- article
- aschelminth
- assert
- assertion
- Atlanticism
- barnacle goose
- beggar
- biocentrism
- bioenergetics
- bioregionalism
- butterfly
- buttress
- cause
- choleric
- cobalt
- confidence
- confirmation
- confirmed
- consecrate
- conspiracy theory
- convert
- conviction
- convince
- creationism
- creation science
- credence
- creed
- crocodile tears
- crotchet
- daemon
- damn
- debunk
- defy
- deism
- delusion
- demonism
- devil
- disabuse
