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Nouns (6)

n. any cognitive content held as true

n. 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"

dogma, tenet

n. a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

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Fuzzynyms (106)

assumption, supposition

n. a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"

inference

n. the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

postulate

n. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

position, posture

n. a rationalized mental attitude

confidence

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

acceptance, credence

n. the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"

promise, hope

n. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"

view, opinion

n. a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"

conception, concept

n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

inkling, intimation

n. a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

gleam, gleaming, glimmer

n. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

hint, tip

n. an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

persuasion, view, opinion, thought, sentiment

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

sympathy, understanding

n. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"

perception

n. the process of perceiving

attitude, mental attitude

n. a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun"

insight, sixth sense

n. grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

cognition, knowledge

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

wisdom

n. accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

rule, principle

n. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"

contemplation, thoughtfulness, reflection, reflexion, meditation, rumination, musing

n. a calm lengthy intent consideration

study, cogitation

n. attentive consideration and meditation; "after much cogitation he rejected the offer"

conviction, strong belief

n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

approximation, estimate, estimation, idea

n. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take"

thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation

n. the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"

teaching, teachings

n. a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

conviction, strong belief

n. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

creed, credo

n. any system of principles or beliefs

n. a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"

persuasion, view, opinion, thought, sentiment

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

confidence

n. a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"

hope

n. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

doctrine, philosophy, ism, school of thought

n. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

prospect, outlook, expectation

n. belief about (or mental picture of) the future

faith, religion, religious belief

n. a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"

trust, faith

n. complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"

conception, concept

n. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

denomination

n. a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

canon

n. a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society"

codification, code

n. a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)

scripture

n. any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group

speculation, conjecture, supposition, guess, surmise

n. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

principle, precept

n. rule of personal conduct

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Antonyms (7)

unbelief

n. a rejection of belief

cognition, knowledge

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

fact

n. a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"

fact

n. a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"

world, reality

n. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"

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