n. convinced of the truth of a statement or allegation. In a comm...

late 12c., bileave, replacing Old English geleafa "belief, faith," from West Germanic *ga-laubon "to hold dear, esteem, trust" (source also of Old Saxon gilobo, Middle Dutch gelove [..]

1. (consumer behavior definition) A cognition or cognitive organization about some aspect of the individual's world. Unlike an attitude, a belief is always emotionally or motivationally neutral. Krench and Crutchfield define belief as a generic term that encompasses knowledge, opinion, and faith an enduring organization of perceptions and cogn [..]

An expectation about the way some event or sequence of events will occur. [SHH] Conviction or confidence in the truth of some-thing that is not based on absolute proof. [SB]

Convinced of the truth of a statement or allegation. In the phrase "upon information and belief," the so-called belief is based only on unconfirmed information, so the person declaring the b [..]

any cognitive content held as true impression: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings ab [..]

{Gk. πιστις [pístis]; Lat. fides} Affirmation of, or conviction regarding, the truth of a proposition, whether or not one is in possession of evidence adequate to justify a claim that the proposition [..]

n. in psychology, refers to the psychological basis of an attitude associated with a characteristic or attributed to an object. (e.g. This equipment is reliable). In general, it is also an acceptance [..]

1. Psychology of attitudes associated to an object. An example is 'This car is reliable'.2 Acceptance of the truth or reality of something.

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a degree of conviction of the truth of something esp. based on a consideration or examination of the evidence compare knowledge, suspicion

Belief is the acceptance of a proposition as true irrespective of the adequacy or even existence of evidence.

Mental state or proposition relating to the existence of something as likely or relatively certain. Belief is a partial or complete acceptance of a fact without absolute certainty.

(n) any cognitive content held as true(n) a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

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n. convinced of the truth of a statement or allegation. In a common phrase "upon information and belief," the so-called belief is based only on unconfirmed information, so the person declari [..]

In incomplete information games, in order to predict the optimal behavior of his opponent, a player has to form expectations and assessments of his opponent's type. In a simultaneous game of inco [..]

===Noun=== ====something accepted as true==== =====Synonyms===== assumption premise faith opinion disbelief ===See also=== * assumption * opinion ===External links=== * Roget 1911|belief * Moby II [..]