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belief

Any proposition (1) that is accepted as true on the basis of inconclusive evidence. A belief is stronger than a baseless opinion but not as strong as an item of knowledge. More generally, belief is ...

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A Dictionary of Psychology (3 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009

... n. Any proposition ( 1 ) that is accepted as true on the basis of inconclusive evidence....

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Australian Law Dictionary

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
Law
Length:
241 words

...belief means a reasonable belief’: Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 (Tas) s 29; ‘“ belief ” means...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2007
Subject:
Science and technology, Medicine and health
Length:
139 words

...be. Beliefs have been classified as either descriptive or normative. A descriptive belief is...

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A Dictionary of Marketing (3 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2011
Subject:
Social sciences, Business and Management
Length:
70 words

... The underpinning value of *brand image . The set of beliefs that the consumer holds about...

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The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
Philosophy
Length:
688 words

...belief descriptions are intensional in character. Some beliefs (called ‘core’ beliefs) are...

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A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion (1 rev ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2003
Subject:
Religion
Length:
112 words

... Heb. enunah . In the Bible and the Rabbinic literature this term denotes ‘belief in ’,...

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A Dictionary of Public Health

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012

... 1 A statement or proposition that is accepted by a person or group as being true. 2 An...

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Oxford Essential Quotations

Reference type:
Quotations
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
Quotations
Length:
861 words

... Belief see also Atheism , Doubt , Faith Of course, Behaviourism ‘works’. So does...

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The Oxford Dictionary of Sports Science & Medicine (3 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2007
Subject:
Science and technology, Medicine and health
Length:
69 words

... systems The entire body of knowledge and beliefs that exist in a particular society or...

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A Dictionary of Computing (6 ed.)

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012

... systems Belief can be viewed as unsupported fact, i.e. data that are believed to be true (or...

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