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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties |
| Division (I) Formation of Ideas |
| Section V. Results of Reasoning |
| 484. Belief. |
| NOUN: | BELIEF; credence; credit; assurance; faith, trust, troth, confidence, presumption, sanguine expectation (hope) [See Hope]; dependence on, reliance on. CONVICTION, persuasion, convincement, plerophory [rare], self-conviction; certainty [See Certainty]; opinion, mind, view; conception, thinking; impression (idea) [See Idea]; surmise [See Supposition]; conclusion (judgment) [See Judgment]. TENET, dogma, principle, persuasion, views, way of thinking; popular belief (assent) [See Assent]. firm -, implicit -, settled -, fixed -, rooted -, deep-rooted -, staunch -, unshaken -, steadfast -, inveterate -, calm -, sober -, dispassionate -, impartial -, well-founded- -belief, - opinion &c.; uberrima fides [L.]. DOCTRINE, system of opinions, school, articles, canons; article -, declaration -, profession- of faith; tenets, credenda, creed, credo, thirty-nine articles (orthodoxy) [See Theology]a; gospel, gospel truth; catechism; assent [See Assent]; propaganda (teaching) [See Teaching]. CREDIBILITY (probability) [See Probability]. |
| VERB: | BELIEVE, credit; give -faith, - credit, - credence- to; see, realize; assume, receive; set down for, take for; have it, take it; consider, esteem, presume. count -, depend -, calculate -, pin one’s faith -, reckon -, lean -, build -, rely -, rest- upon; cast one’s bread upon the waters; lay one’s account for; make sure of. make oneself easy -about, - on that score; take on -trust, - credit; take for -granted, - gospel; allow -, attach- some weight to. KNOW, - for certain; be in the know [slang]; have -, make- no doubt; doubt not; be -, rest- -assured &c. adj.; persuade -, assure -, satisfy- oneself; make up one’s mind. CONFIDE IN, believe in, put one’s trust in; give one credit for; place -, repose-implicit confidence in; take one’s word for, take at one’s word; place reliance on, rely upon, swear by, regard to. THINK, hold; take, take it; opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow [archaic], ween [archaic], fancy, apprehend; have -, hold -, possess -, entertain -, adopt -, imbibe -, embrace -, get hold of -, hazard -, foster -, nurture -, cherish- -a belief, - an opinion &c. n. view as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as; surmise [See Supposition]. get -, take- it into one’s head; come round to an opinion; swallow (credulity) [See Credulity]. PERSUADE; cause to be believed &c. v.; satisfy, bring to reason, have the ear of, gain the confidence of, assure; convince, convict, convert; wean, bring round; bring -, win- over; indoctrinate (teach) [See Teaching]; cram down the throat; produce -, carry- conviction; bring -, drive- home to. FIND CREDENCE, go down, pass current; be received &c. v., be current &c. adj.; possess -, take hold of -, take possession of- the mind. |
| ADJECTIVE: | BELIEVING &c. v.; certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure [colloq.], satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure. under the impression; impressed -, imbued -, penetrated- with. CONFIDING, trustful, suspectless [obs.], unsuspecting, unsuspicious, void of suspicion; credulous [See Credulity]; wedded to. BELIEVED &c. v.; accredited, putative; unsuspected, trusted, undoubted. worthy of -, deserving of -, commanding- -belief, - confidence; credible, reliable, trustworthy, to be depended on; satisfactory; probable [See Probability]; fiducial, fiduciary; persuasive, impressive. DOCTRINAL, relating to belief. |
| ADVERB: | Adj. IN THE OPINION OF, in the eyes of; me judice [L.]; meseems [archaic], methinks [archaic]; to the best of one’s belief; in my opinion, in my judgment, according to my belief; I dare say, I doubt not, I have no doubt, I am sure; cocksure, sure enough (certainty) [See Certainty]; depend -, rely- upon it; be -, rest- assured; I’ll warrant you (affirmation) [See Affirmation]. |
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