| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | agnosticism | belief knowledge of God is uncertain |
| 2. | altruism | belief in helping others |
| 3. | anarchism | belief against imposed government |
| 4. | animism | belief spirits inhabit nature |
| 5. | article of faith | belief accepted on trust |
| 6. | asceticism | belief in self-denial |
| 7. | assumption | belief accepted without proof |
| 8. | atheism | belief that no gods exist |
| 9. | belief | acceptance that something is true |
| 10. | bias | leaning belief or preference |
| 11. | capitalism | belief in private markets |
| 12. | certainty | complete belief without doubt |
| 13. | communism | belief in classless common ownership |
| 14. | confidence | belief in someone or something |
| 15. | conservatism | belief in tradition and stability |
| 16. | conviction | firmly held belief |
| 17. | credence | mental acceptance as true |
| 18. | creed | system of guiding beliefs |
| 19. | deism | belief in a nonintervening creator |
| 20. | delusion | false fixed belief |
| 21. | destiny | belief in a fixed future |
| 22. | determinism | belief all events are caused |
| 23. | doctrine | set of taught beliefs |
| 24. | dogma | belief accepted without question |
| 25. | egalitarianism | belief in equal rights |
| 26. | empiricism | belief knowledge comes from experience |
| 27. | environmentalism | belief in protecting nature |
| 28. | essentialism | belief things have fixed essence |
| 29. | ethic | moral belief or standard |
| 30. | exclusivism | belief in excluding alternatives |
| 31. | existentialism | belief in self-made meaning |
| 32. | expectation | belief about what will happen |
| 33. | faith | strong trust or religious belief |
| 34. | fatalism | belief events are predetermined |
| 35. | feminism | belief in gender equality |
| 36. | free will | belief in personal choice |
| 37. | fundamentalism | strict belief in basic doctrines |
| 38. | gospel | accepted truth or doctrine |
| 39. | hedonism | belief in pursuing pleasure |
| 40. | heresy | belief against accepted doctrine |
| 41. | heterodoxy | unconventional belief |
| 42. | humanism | belief in human value |
| 43. | idealism | belief in high ideals |
| 44. | ideology | system of social or political beliefs |
| 45. | impression | belief formed from limited experience |
| 46. | inclusivism | belief in broad inclusion |
| 47. | individualism | belief in personal independence |
| 48. | intuitionism | belief intuition gives knowledge |
| 49. | legalism | belief in strict rule-following |
| 50. | liberalism | belief in liberty and reform |
| 51. | materialism | belief matter is fundamental |
| 52. | messianism | belief in a coming savior |
| 53. | mindset | established set of beliefs |
| 54. | misconception | wrong belief or understanding |
| 55. | moderation | belief in avoiding extremes |
| 56. | monotheism | belief in one god |
| 57. | morality | beliefs about right and wrong |
| 58. | myth | widely held false belief |
| 59. | nationalism | belief in national interests |
| 60. | nihilism | belief that life lacks meaning |
| 61. | notion | a general belief or idea |
| 62. | objectivism | belief in objective reality |
| 63. | opinion | what someone believes or thinks |
| 64. | optimism | belief that things improve |
| 65. | orthodoxy | accepted traditional belief |
| 66. | outlook | general way of viewing things |
| 67. | party line | approved group belief |
| 68. | perspective | particular way of understanding |
| 69. | persuasion | firmly held belief or opinion |
| 70. | pessimism | belief that things worsen |
| 71. | philosophy | set of guiding beliefs |
| 72. | platform | set of stated beliefs |
| 73. | point of view | particular belief or outlook |
| 74. | position | particular belief on an issue |
| 75. | presumption | belief based on probability |
| 76. | principle | basic belief guiding behavior |
| 77. | rationalism | belief reason is primary |
| 78. | realism | belief in practical reality |
| 79. | reformism | belief in gradual change |
| 80. | reincarnation | belief in rebirth after death |
| 81. | relativism | belief truth depends on context |
| 82. | school of thought | shared set of beliefs |
| 83. | self-belief | confidence in oneself |
| 84. | skepticism | doubtful attitude toward claims |
| 85. | socialism | belief in social ownership |
| 86. | stance | declared belief or position |
| 87. | stereotype | fixed oversimplified belief |
| 88. | superstition | irrational belief in causes |
| 89. | supposition | uncertain belief or assumption |
| 90. | tenet | principle or belief held true |
| 91. | theism | belief in a god |
| 92. | tolerance | belief in accepting differences |
| 93. | traditionalism | belief in preserving tradition |
| 94. | trust | belief in reliability or honesty |
| 95. | understanding | belief about how something works |
| 96. | utopianism | belief in ideal societies |
| 97. | value | important guiding belief |
| 98. | view | personal belief or opinion |
| 99. | way of thinking | habitual pattern of beliefs |
| 100. | worldview | overall way of seeing life |