belief
psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true
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Summary
belief ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,353 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: mental state[2], doxastic attitude[3], cognitive process[4]
- Commons category: Belief[5]
- Said to be the same as: conviction[6]
- Opposite of: unbelief[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Belief[8]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[9], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
- Partially coincident with: opinion[13]
- Different from: doubt[14], faith[15], dogma[16], doctrine[17]
- Studied by: Belief studies[18]
- Practiced by: believer[19]
- P14541: iLdtj[20]
Why It Matters
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]