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n. the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought"

n. the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind"

thinking, cerebration, intellection, mentation

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

persuasion, view, opinion, 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?"

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abstraction, abstract

n. a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

import, significance, implication

n. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"

hint, tip

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

inkling, intimation

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

hunch, suspicion, intuition

n. an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

notion

n. a general inclusive concept

gleam, gleaming, glimmer

n. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

speculation, conjecture

n. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"

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

n. a calm lengthy intent consideration

examination, examen

n. a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits)

calculation, deliberation

n. planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"

regard, attentiveness, heed, paying attention

n. paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences"

speculation, theorization

n. the production or use of theories

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"

feeling, impression, notion, belief

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"

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?"

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

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"

determination, decision, conclusion

n. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"

belief, dogma, tenet

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

hope

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

confidence

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

denomination

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

feeling, impression, notion, belief

conception, concept

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

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"

prognosis, forecast

n. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

feeling

n. the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

heart, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, affection, warmheartedness

n. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home"

fire, ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency

n. feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"

inclination

n. that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking; "her inclination is for classical music"

position, view, perspective

n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

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"

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"

judgment, judgement, sagacity, sagaciousness, discernment

n. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

intuition

n. instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

prevision, prescience

n. the power to foresee the future

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