Believing

Definition: Believing

Believing

Noun

1. The cognitive process that leads to convictions; "seeing is believing".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "believing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Belief

Adjective: believing; Verb: certain, sure, assured, positive,Adjective: believing; Verb: certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure.

Piety

Believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic.

Believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist; the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect; Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady.

Crosswords: Believing

That is good, for believing what you do, we confer upon you a rare gift, these days - a martyr's death (The Wicker Man; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

Well, some people have a hard time believing in the paranormal (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

I think I must have one of those faces you can't help believing. (Psycho; writing credit: Joseph Stefano)

Seeing isn't believing. Believing is seeing (The Santa Clause; writing credit: Leonardo Benvenuti; Steve Rudnick)

Aren't you a little old to be believing in ghost stories (The Patriot; writing credit: Robert Rodat)

Keep believing till you find your way (One Voice; performing artist: Billy Gilman)

But I kept on believing (Taking You Home; performing artist: Don Henley)

Oh but seeing you is believing (Misunderstanding; performing artist: Genesis)

Well it's your mind, that tricks you in believing every time (Love will turn; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

When I find myself believing there's no place to go (Angel; performing artist: Lionel Richie)

Faith is believing what you know ain't so. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Seeing Is Believing (1934)

Seeing's Believing (1922)

Seeing Is Believing (1921)

Kalama Sutta: Seeing Is Believing (2001)

Seeing Is Believing (1991)

Don't Stop Believing (performing artist: Journey)

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Books

• Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World (reference)

• Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News (reference)

• Believing in Faeries (reference)

• Believing in Ourselves 2003 Block Calendar: Daily Reflections for Women (reference)

• Believing in the Future: Toward a Missiology of Western Culture (Christian Mission and Modern Culture Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Modern Believing (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

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My dear lady, I go further than believing in woman suffrage, I maintain that man and woman are equal in every way : Oh professor! now you're bragging. Credit: Library of Congress.

Seeing's believing. Credit: Library of Congress.

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But if all the world shall observe pretences of one kind, and actions of another; arts used to elude the law, and the trust of prerogative (which is an arbitrary power in some things left in the prince's hand to do good, not harm to the people) employed contrary to the end for which it was given: if the people shall find the ministers and subordinate magistrates chosen suitable to such ends, and favoured, or laid by, proportionably as they promote or oppose them: if they see several experiments made of arbitrary power, and that religion underhand favoured, (tho' publicly proclaimed against) which is readiest to introduce it; and the operators in it supported, as much as may be; and when that cannot be done, yet approved still, and liked the better: if a long train of actions shew the councils all tending that way; how can a man any more hinder himself from being persuaded in his own mind, which way things are going; or from casting about how to save himself, than he could from believing the captain of the ship he was in, was carrying him, and the rest of the company, to Algiers, when he found him always steering that course, though cross winds, leaks in his ship, and want of men and provisions did often force him to turn his course another way for some time, which he steadily returned to again, as soon as the wind, weather, and other circumstances would let him? Sect. (Second Treatise of Government)

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So after a hectic week of believing that war was peace, that good was bad, that the moon was made of blue cheese, and that God needed a lot of money sent to a certain box number, the Monk started to believe that thirty-five percent of all tables were hermaphrodites, and then broke down

She shuddered to believe, yet could not help believing, that it gave her a sympathetic knowledge of the hidden sin in other hearts

All the light of his life had gone out, he believing that he constantly saw the sun.

For the pious and believing catholic, for the just man, death is no cause of terror

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Health

Physical Activity Often people make the mistake of believing that if they try to avoid becoming short of breath, they will protect their lungs and heart. (references)

Some observed improvements following their use may be examples of the placebo effect, that is, a change that results simply from the patient's believing that an improvement will occur. (references)

Business

Medical institutions shy away from unknown brand names and foreign companies, believing that after purchasing the product they will be abandoned to face any unforeseen problems alone. (references)

Children

Philippines

In September a former NPA member, recruited at age 13 and carrying a weapon by the time she was 15, told reporters that the NPA had deceived her into believing that the Government was "nothing but evil." A 12-year-old former NPA member said that he cooperated with the NPA against his will because "I feared for my family, they said they would skin them alive." According to domestic and international NGO's, the MILF recruited children as young as 12 years of age to serve as reserve forces. (references)

Civil Liberties

Tanzania

However, some reports indicated that the children's parents allowed the children to be taken, believing that the children would be working on plantations. (references)

India

In late March, some Christian leaders, believing that violence against Christians had declined significantly since the summer of 2000, agreed among themselves to meet with leaders of Hindu organizations. (references)

Economic History

Uruguay

Some U.S. industry groups are unhappy with the law, believing that its compulsory licensing requirements are not TRIPs consistent. (references)

Burma

Believing in the virtues of a self-sufficient economy, and fearful of the impact of western sanctions, Burma's government has tended to avoid external connections. (references)

Kenya

In 2001, the government did an about-face and rejected the $305 million bid of the ultimate winner - a consortium headed by South African and Zimbabwean interests - believing that the bid was too low. (references)

Human Rights

Russia

Many defendants did not attempt to exercise their right to counsel, believing that such efforts would be pointless. (references)

Cameroon

One GSO policeman, with assistance from other officers, had arrested Leuwat without warrant, believing Leuwat to be the driver of a taxicab in which the policeman had left his handgun on the previous day. (references)

Korea

One witness, a former prison guard, reported that those believing in God were regarded as insane, and the authorities taught that "all religions are opiates." He recounted an instance in which a woman was kicked severely and left lying on the ground for days, because a guard overheard her praying for a child who was beaten. (references)

Minorities

Yugoslavia

The European Roma Rights Center reported that on January 6, a Serb attacked and shot at a group of boys, believing that they were Roma. (references)

Political Economy

URUGUAY

U.S. pharmaceutical industry representatives are unhappy with the law, believing that its compulsory licensing requirements are not TRIPS consistent. (references)

West Bank

Firmly believing that a strong Palestinian economy is key to that success, the USG has taken a lead role in ensuring international donor support for the West Bank and Gaza. (references)

Women

Peru

The victims also have accused judges of looking more favorably on rape victims who were virgins prior to the rape and of believing that a woman who was raped must have enticed her attacker. (references)

Worker Rights

Cambodia

In other cases, parents are tricked into believing the child will be given legitimate work in the city. (references)

United Kingdom

The women are duped into believing that the police are corrupt or abusive and that they will be deported if they alert the authorities. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "believing": bluff smb. into believing smth. ♦ deceive smb. into believing that ♦ fool smb. into believing smth. ♦ seeing is believing ♦ talk into believing ♦ talk smb. into believing smth.. Additional references.

Ending with "believing": bible-believing, dis-believing, half-believing, make-believing.

Arabic 

‏نظرا لصدقه (seeing is believing). (various references)

Chinese 

相信 (Believe, Believed, Credited, Crediting). (various references)

Czech

vemluvit komu že (deceive smb. into believing that), uvìřím, až to uvidím (seeing is believing), namluvit komu nìco (bluff smb. into believing smth.), nabulíkovat komu co (fool smb. into believing smth.). (various references)

French

voir c'est croire (seeing is believing). (various references)

German

glaubend. (various references)

Hungarian

egyáltalán nem hisz el vmit (to be far from believing sg, to be miles from believing sg). (various references)

Korean 

믿음 (Faith). (various references)

Manx

credjuagh (believer). (various references)

Pig Latin

elievingbay.(various references)

Portuguese

ver para crer (seeing is believing). (various references)

Romanian

credincios (as true as steel, believer, devoted, devout, faithful, honest, Leal, loyal, loyally, never failing, reliable, staunch, true, true blue, trusty, unfailing, unswerving). (various references)

Russian 

полагая. (various references)

Scottish

creidsinn (nm. believing). (various references)

Spanish

ver para creer (seeing is believing). (various references)

Swedish

troende (beliefs, believer, believers, religious). (various references)

Turkish

kanma (deception, gullibility, swallowing), inanan (believer, worshipper), inançlı (assured, believer, confident, conscious, reliant, religious), iman eden. (various references)

Welsh

crediniol. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations

Words ending with "believing": disbelieving, misbelieving, unbelieving. (additional references)

Words containing "believing": unbelievingly. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Believing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Beleeving, beliving, Bellevin. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: beveling, inveigle.

-2 letters: veiling.

-3 letters: belive, living.

-4 letters: begin, beige, being, belie, bevel, bilge, binge, blini, genie, genii, given, glebe, ingle, leben, levin, liege, lieve, liven, nieve, vegie, venge, vigil.

-5 letters: been, bene, bile, bine, blin, even, evil, gene, gibe, gien, give, glee, glen, glib, lien, line, ling, live, neve, nevi, veil, vein, vibe, vile.

+1 letter: bedeviling.

+2 letters: bedevilling, bedriveling, unbelieving.

+3 letters: bedrivelling, disbelieving, misbelieving.

+4 letters: unbelievingly.