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1. Any cognitive content held as true
    
2. A vague idea in which some confidence is placed
   "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity";
   - impression, feeling, notion, opinion
    
3. A strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
   "he lost his religious belief but not his morality";
   - religion, faith, religious belief

Derived forms: beliefs

Type of: cognitive content, content, idea, mental object, supernatural virtue, theological virtue, thought

Antonym: unbelief

Encyclopedia: Belief