Antonyms for belief
bɪˈlifbe·lief

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1. belief

   Doctrine primarily signifies that which is taught; principle, the fundamental basis on which the teaching rests. A doctrine is reasoned out, and may be defended by reasoning; a dogma rests on authority, as of direct revelation, the decision of the church, etc. A doctrine or dogma is a statement of some one item of belief; a creed is a summary of doctrines or dogmas. Dogma has commonly, at the present day, an offensive signification, as of a belief arrogantly asserted. Tenet is simply that which is held, and is applied to a single item of belief; it is a neutral word, neither approving nor condemning; we speak of the doctrines of our own church; of the tenets of others. A precept relates not to belief, but to conduct. Compare FAITH; LAW.

   Synonyms:
   article of belief, article of faith, doctrine, dogma, precept, principle, teaching, tenet

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1. belief

   Antonyms:
   dissent, unbelief, distrust, denial, misgiving, disavowal, rejection, disbelief

   Synonyms:
   assent, faith, trust, credence, avowal, assurance, admission, conviction, opinion, permission, creed, reliance, concession, confidence

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1. • Cognitive Content

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1. beliefnoun

   any cognitive content held as true

   Antonyms:
   unbelief, disbelief

   Synonyms:
   impression, opinion, notion, feeling

2. impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinionnoun

   a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

   "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"

   Antonyms:
   disbelief, unbelief

   Synonyms:
   persuasion, touch, public opinion, flavour, stamp, mental picture, imprint, smell, ruling, view, legal opinion, flavor, tactile sensation, whim, impression, touch sensation, thought, printing, effect, picture, opinion, sentiment, spirit, tactual sensation, tone, popular opinion, whimsy, feel, judgment, judgement, feeling, depression, notion, whimsey, vox populi, intuitive feeling, look

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1. beliefnoun

   Antonyms:
   doubt, disbelief, skepticism, misgiving, incredulity

   Synonyms:
   credence, persuasion, faith, conviction, assurance, confidence, tenet, dogma, creed, opinion, doctrine, cult, view, principle, intuition, superstition, fanaticism

   Associated words:
   credulous, incredulous, credulity, credibility, incredibility, gull, gullible, gullibility

How to use belief in a sentence?

1. Robert Anton Wilson:

   Belief is the death of intelligence.

2. Thomas Huxley:

   Science ... warns me to be careful how I adopt a view which jumps with my preconceptions, and to require stronger evidence for such belief than for one to which I was previously hostile. My business is to teach my aspirations to conform themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.

3. Jeffrey Grybowski:

   Our belief is once Block Island is up and running, it will bring offshore wind from theory to reality in the United States and open up opportunities to build larger projects.

4. Sophia Loren:

   Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.

5. Thomas Linzey:

   Our belief is that these communities don't have a fracking problem, they have a democracy problem, our premise is that you can't win against the oil and gas industry using the existing legal structure, so the structure needs to be changed.

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