as in beliefs
mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon
a foolish theory that, incredibly, once had wide credence among educated people
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Noun
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This season paid homage to the local culture of Thailand, and examined the role that wealthy Western patrons play in the commercialization of Buddhism and other Eastern spiritual beliefs.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
10 Apr. 2025 -
Elections Matter—and Accountability Is Key Elections reflect the beliefs and frustrations of the American people.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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The hope of deriving one set of rules, or axioms, to govern all mathematical truths was fatally undermined.—
Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The experts then had to agree on the fundamental truths, or axioms, that were accepted as true even thought they could not be proven.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
1 Oct. 2024
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“Credences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credences. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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