doubt
status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust in an alleged fact, action, motive, or decision
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Summary
doubt is a mental state[1]. doubt draws 971 Wikipedia views per month (mental state category, ranking #9 of 14).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: belief[3]
- Part of: theory of emotion[4], psychological terminology[5]
- Commons category: Doubt[6]
- Said to be the same as: suspicion[7]
- Opposite of: faith[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Doubt[9]
- Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10]
- Partially coincident with: uncertainty[11], unbelief[12]
- Has characteristic: uncertainty[13], distrust[14]
- Different from: belief[15], unbelief[16], Q108990170[17]
- Studied by: agnotology[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19]
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Outcome and Impact
Things named for doubt include Doubt: A Parable[20], a literary work[21], written by John Patrick Shanley[22] and The Salmon of Doubt[23], a literary work[24], written by Douglas Adams[25].
Why It Matters
doubt has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] doubt is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
Entities named for doubt include Doubt: A Parable[20], a literary work[21], written by John Patrick Shanley[22] and The Salmon of Doubt[23], a literary work[24], written by Douglas Adams[25].