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• conviction, strong belief, article of faith go
  an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
  
• faith, trust go
  complete confidence in a person or plan etc
  
• doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism go
  a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  
• philosophy go
  any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation
  
• prospect, outlook, expectation go
  belief about (or mental picture of) the future
  
• fetishism, fetichism go
  a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)
  
• geneticism go
  the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically
  
• meliorism go
  the belief that the world can be made better by human effort
  
• view, opinion, thought, sentiment, persuasion go
  a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
  
• autotelism go
  belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification
  
• originalism go
  the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it
  
• pacifism, pacificism go
  the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration
  
• faith, religion, religious belief go
  a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
  
• opinion, public opinion, popular opinion, vox populi go
  a belief or sentiment shared by most people
  
• revolutionism go
  a belief in the spread of revolutionary principles
  
• sacerdotalism go
  a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
  
• spiritualism go
  the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium)
  
• spiritual world, spiritual domain, unseen go
  a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit
  
• suffragism go
  the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women)
  
• supernaturalism go
  a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
  
• superstition, superstitious notion go
  an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
  
• supremacism go
  the belief that some particular group or race is superior to all others
  
• theory go
  a belief that can guide behavior
  
• theosophism go
  belief in theosophy
  
• thought go
  the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
  
• totemism go
  belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem
  
• tribalism go
  the beliefs of a tribal society
  
• values go
  beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)
  
• vampirism go
  belief in the existence of vampires
  
• individualism go
  a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence
  
• spiritual being, supernatural being go
  an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events