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Synonyms for belief

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Synonyms for belief

absolute certainty in the trustworthiness of another

mental acceptance of the truth or actuality of something

something believed or accepted as true by a person

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Synonyms for belief

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Kinesiophobia is defined as a fear of movement and activity stemming from the belief that one is susceptible to painful injury or repeated injuries.5 A few studies on OA patients have reported that kinesiophobia has a negative impact on daily activities.6 In addition, Scopaz et al.7 reported associations between anxiety/fear, avoidance and physical function in such patients.
Being devoid of a belief system impacts your identity.
But this is untrue because while our government is secular, that is, not favoring religious belief over non-religious belief, it actually creates the conditions for diverse religious and non-religious beliefs and practices to flourish.
It seems reasonable to expect experience to be related to belief, and a number of studies have documented an experience-belief link (Clarke, 1995; Irwin, 1985; Lawrence & Peters, 2004; Laythe & Owen, 2012; Pechey & Halligan, 2012; Wiseman, Watt, Stevens, Greening, & O'Keeffe 2003).
The author, a social psychologist who specializes in the psychology of belief, elucidates how the brain and nervous system function to create the perceptions, memories, and emotions that shape belief.
What is the relationship between degrees of belief and binary beliefs?
Belief and reality clash creates anxiety.22 For example, a student would face frustration and stress in today's English communication EFL/ESL classroom if s/he believes that learning a foreign language is mastering its grammar or knowing new vocabulary words.
They mostly leave the long and difficult questions." But at the end of intervention there was change in that students' belief about mathematics difficulty.
Belief can refer to the thing believed, or to the act of believing, and the two meanings are equally available to this forum's title, "Belief in an Age of Intolerance." The title could disambiguate toward thing believed by substituting the plural: "Beliefs in an Age of Intolerance." The title could disambiguate toward act of believing by substituting the gerund: "Believing in an Age of Intolerance." As a stay against confusion from this ambiguity, as a way, in fact, to take advantage of the ambiguity to highlight salient facts about belief and intolerance, let "belief (t)" designate the thing believed, and "belief (a)" designate the act of believing.
'Any belief system or the practices that it brings about in a manner opposed to the worship of the true God could be called a superstition,' Belizar said.
However, under the Equality Act, the protected characteristics on the grounds of which employees should not be discriminated against include the ground of religion and belief. And belief is defined as any religious or philosophical belief.
Friedkin, professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a belief system in a group--religious or political, for instance--depends on a set of interlocking beliefs.
Implications of research on teacher belief. Educational Psychologist, 27(1), 65-90.