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countable and uncountable, plural beliefs
Mental acceptance of a claim as true. quotations examples
The belief that there is no conflict between [livestock] farming and arable production also seems to be unfounded: by preventing the growth of trees and other deep vegetation in the hills and by compacting the soil, grazing animals cause a cycle of flash floods and drought, sporadically drowning good land downstream and reducing the supply of irrigation water.
2013 December 6, George Monbiot, “Why I'm eating my words on veganism – again”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 26, page 48
Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered. examples
(countable) Something believed. examples
(uncountable) The quality or state of believing. examples
(uncountable) Religious faith. examples
(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions. examples