It is a prevalent belief, according to a nationwide poll in the United States, that Muslims are linked with terrorism.
Source: tatoeba (1958)
Belief
/bɪˈliːf/
Synonyms for "belief" (158 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Noun(14 words)
Strong matches (47)
Adjective(3 words)
conventional ideacultural conceptgeneral notion
Related words (79)
maximmindmoralopinionorthodoxyoverconfidenceoversurenessoverweeningoverweeningnesspersuasionpoint of viewpoisepompositypositionpositivenesspreceptpresumptionpresuppositionprideprinciple
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principlesreceptionreliancereligionreligious beliefreligious faithsecurityself-assuranceself-confidenceself-importanceself-reliancesentimentsettled beliefstandstandardstockstoresubjective certaintysuppositionsurenesssuretysystem of beliefsteachingtenettheologythesisthinkingtraditiontrusttrustworthinessview
Adjective(6 words)
Noun(22 words)
notionnotion of realitynotionsopinionspersonal viewpersuasionsphilosophypremiseprobabilitypropositional attituderumorssuspectingtenettenetsto valuetrusttrust in classtrustfulnesstrustingtrusts
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unmovable positionworldview
Related word relations
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10 entriesCollocations
6 entriescommon beliefcultural belieffirm beliefpersonal beliefreligious beliefstrong belief
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 8 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- besplotë noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
Estonian
1 entries- usk noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
Finnish
1 entries- usko noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
Hindi
1 entries- विश्वास noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
Italian
1 entries- fiducia noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
Korean
1 entries- 바람 noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
Polish
1 entries- wiara noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- uverenje noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
- uvjerenje noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
- уверење noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
- увјерење noun (a wishing of case or circumstance to be true)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Joan of Arc refused to renounce her belief that the voice she heard was from God and none other.
Source: tatoeba (1975)
Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.
Source: tatoeba (2262)
Nothing can ever stagger her belief.
Source: tatoeba (25300)
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