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common belief — An opinion of which the legislature may take cognizance, because it is entertained by most of the people of the community, notwithstanding it is not universally accepted and actually may ultimately be shown to be wrong by scientific observations… … Ballentine's law dictionary
common — com·mon 1 adj 1 a: of or relating to a community at large: public common defense b: known to the community a common thief 2: belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group … Law dictionary
common — [käm′ən] adj. [ME commun < OFr comun < L communis (OL comoinis), shared by all or many < IE * kom moini , common (< * kom,COM + * moini , achievement < base * mei , to exchange, barter) > OE gemæne, public, general, Ger gemein:… … English World dictionary
common — 1 adjective 1 A LOT/LARGE AMOUNT existing in large numbers or happening often and in many places: Heart disease is one of the commonest causes of death. (+ among): Bad dreams are fairly common among children. | it is common for sth to happen: It… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
common — 01. Last year, the most [common] first names for boys in this country were Matthew and Joshua. 02. Living together before marriage is quite [common] in this country. 03. Heart attacks are among the [commonest] causes of death for both men and… … Grammatical examples in English
common — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ordinary, standard, usual, conventional; joint, shared; prevalent, general, universal, popular, customary, vulgar, ill bred, plebeian, coarse. See conformity, habit, generality, populace. II (Roget… … English dictionary for students
common — adjective 1) the common folk Syn: ordinary, normal, average, unexceptional; simple 2) a very common art form Syn: usual, ordinary, familiar, regular, frequent, recurrent, everyday … Thesaurus of popular words
common — adjective 1) a common occurrence Syn: frequent, regular, everyday, normal, usual, ordinary, familiar, standard, commonplace 2) a common belief Syn: widespread, general … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
Belief — is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true. [Citation last = Schwitzgebel first = Eric editor last = Zalta editor first = Edward contribution = Belief title = The Stanford Encyclopedia of… … Wikipedia
Belief — • That state of the mind by which it assents to propositions, not by reason of their intrinsic evidence, but because of authority Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Belief Belief … Catholic encyclopedia
belief — be·lief n: a degree of conviction of the truth of something esp. based on a consideration or examination of the evidence compare knowledge, suspicion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
