| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | acceptance | belief that something is valid |
| 2. | affirmation | statement of belief or acceptance |
| 3. | agreement | shared belief or opinion |
| 4. | anticipation | belief that something will occur |
| 5. | article of faith | a belief accepted without proof |
| 6. | assent | accepting a belief as true |
| 7. | assumption | accepted as true without proof |
| 8. | assurance | confident belief or certainty |
| 9. | attitude | a settled way of thinking |
| 10. | axiom | a self-evident accepted belief |
| 11. | bias | a belief-tilt affecting judgment |
| 12. | certainty | complete belief without doubt |
| 13. | claim | a belief asserted as true |
| 14. | conception | a belief or understanding of |
| 15. | concurrence | shared belief or agreement |
| 16. | confession | statement of religious belief |
| 17. | confidence | strong belief in someone or something |
| 18. | consensus | shared belief reached by agreement |
| 19. | conviction | firmly held belief |
| 20. | credence | belief that something is true |
| 21. | creed | a formal statement of beliefs |
| 22. | deduction | a belief reached logically |
| 23. | delusion | a fixed false belief |
| 24. | determination | a settled belief or decision |
| 25. | devotion | deep religious belief and loyalty |
| 26. | disbelief | lack of belief |
| 27. | doctrine | a set of accepted beliefs |
| 28. | dogma | an authoritative belief or doctrine |
| 29. | error | a wrong belief or idea |
| 30. | estimate | a belief about amount or value |
| 31. | ethos | guiding beliefs of a group |
| 32. | evaluation | a belief about value or quality |
| 33. | expectation | a belief about what will happen |
| 34. | fable | a belief-like story, often untrue |
| 35. | faith | trusting belief without proof |
| 36. | fallacy | a mistaken belief or reasoning |
| 37. | finding | a belief reached after inquiry |
| 38. | guess | a belief without certainty |
| 39. | hearsay | belief based on secondhand reports |
| 40. | hope | a belief something good may happen |
| 41. | hypothesis | a proposed belief to test |
| 42. | idea | a thought someone believes |
| 43. | ideology | a system of beliefs and ideas |
| 44. | illusion | a false belief from misperception |
| 45. | impression | a belief formed from experience |
| 46. | inclination | a leaning in belief or view |
| 47. | inference | a belief drawn from evidence |
| 48. | interpretation | a belief about meaning |
| 49. | judgment | a belief formed after thinking |
| 50. | leaning | a tendency of belief or opinion |
| 51. | legend | a traditional belief-based story |
| 52. | line of thought | a particular belief-based reasoning |
| 53. | maxim | a belief expressed as a rule |
| 54. | mindset | a habitual way of believing |
| 55. | misbelief | a false belief |
| 56. | misconception | a mistaken belief |
| 57. | morals | beliefs about right and wrong |
| 58. | myth | a widely held false belief |
| 59. | notion | an idea someone believes |
| 60. | opinion | a personal belief or view |
| 61. | orthodoxy | accepted traditional belief |
| 62. | outlook | general attitude and belief |
| 63. | perspective | a way of viewing and believing |
| 64. | persuasion | a belief someone holds strongly |
| 65. | piety | religious belief and devotion |
| 66. | platform | set of stated beliefs |
| 67. | position | a belief on an issue |
| 68. | precept | a guiding belief or rule |
| 69. | presumption | a belief taken for granted |
| 70. | principle | a guiding belief or rule |
| 71. | profession | declared belief, especially religious |
| 72. | proposition | a belief offered for consideration |
| 73. | reading | a belief about what something means |
| 74. | religion | system of faith and belief |
| 75. | rumor | an unverified belief passed around |
| 76. | school of thought | shared belief approach |
| 77. | sense | a belief about what is true |
| 78. | sentiment | a belief or feeling about |
| 79. | skepticism | doubting belief; questioning attitude |
| 80. | spirituality | personal religious belief and practice |
| 81. | stance | a stated belief or position |
| 82. | standpoint | a belief-based point of view |
| 83. | supposition | a belief based on guesswork |
| 84. | sureness | confidence in a belief |
| 85. | surety | certainty; firm belief |
| 86. | take | a personal belief or view |
| 87. | teaching | a belief taught as truth |
| 88. | tenet | a core belief of a system |
| 89. | testimony | a statement expressing belief |
| 90. | theory | an explanatory belief or model |
| 91. | thesis | a belief argued in writing |
| 92. | thought | a belief held in mind |
| 93. | truism | a commonly accepted belief |
| 94. | trust | belief in reliability or truth |
| 95. | unbelief | absence of religious belief |
| 96. | understanding | a belief about how things work |
| 97. | value system | set of guiding beliefs |
| 98. | values | important guiding beliefs |
| 99. | view | a particular belief or opinion |
| 100. | worldview | overall set of beliefs |
