belief
psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true
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belief
Summary
belief ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,659 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- belief is a type of mental state[2].
- belief is a type of doxastic attitude[3].
- belief is a type of cognitive process[4].
- belief's Commons category is recorded as Belief[5].
- belief's said to be the same as is recorded as conviction[6].
- belief is the opposite of unbelief[7].
- belief's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Belief[8].
- belief's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
- belief's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
- belief's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
- belief's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- belief's partially coincident with is recorded as opinion[13].
- belief's different from is recorded as doubt[14].
- belief's different from is recorded as faith[15].
- belief's different from is recorded as dogma[16].
- belief's different from is recorded as doctrine[17].
- belief's studied by is recorded as Belief studies[18].
- belief's practiced by is recorded as believer[19].
- belief's P14541 is recorded as iLdtj[20].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include mental state[2], doxastic attitude[3], and cognitive process[4]. belief is the opposite of unbelief[7].
Why It Matters
belief ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,659 views/month).[1] belief has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] belief is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]