belief : Idioms & Phrases

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erroneous belief

  • noun a misconception resulting from incorrect information
    error.
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false belief

  • noun a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
    fallacy.
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make-belief

Make"-be*lief` noun
Definitions
  1. A feigning to believe; make believe. J. H. Newman.
Webster 1913

psychotic belief

  • noun (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
    delusion.
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religious belief

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

  • noun an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
    article of faith; conviction.
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Ultimate belief

  • a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition.
Webster 1913