Belief and Contention

Belief

Belief noun - Mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon.

Contention is a synonym for belief in opinion topic. In some cases you can use "Contention" instead a noun "Belief", when it comes to topics like claim, position, proposition.

Nearby Words: believing, believer

Contention

Contention noun - An idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate.

Belief is a synonym for contention in opinion topic. Sometimes you can use "Belief" instead a noun "Contention", if it concerns topics such as proposition, assertion, argument for idea.

How words are described

strong strong belief strong contention
political political belief political contention
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