belief

Summary

belief ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,884 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• belief is a type of mental state^[2].
• belief is a type of doxastic attitude^[3].
• belief's Commons category is recorded as Belief^[4].
• belief's said to be the same as is recorded as conviction^[5].
• belief is the opposite of unbelief^[6].
• belief's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Belief^[7].
• belief's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[8].
• belief's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[9].
• belief's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• belief's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• belief's partially coincident with is recorded as opinion^[12].
• belief's different from is recorded as doubt^[13].
• belief's different from is recorded as faith^[14].
• belief's different from is recorded as dogma^[15].
• belief's different from is recorded as doctrine^[16].
• belief's studied by is recorded as Belief studies^[17].
• belief's practiced by is recorded as believer^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include mental state^[2] and doxastic attitude^[3]. belief is the opposite of unbelief^[6].

Why It Matters

belief ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,884 views/month).^[1] belief has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] belief is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]