If "up definition" deals with context and use ("a jacket is to keep warm);, if "lateral definition" deals with restating and equivalence ("a jacket is a coat"), and if "down definition" deals with parts ("a jacket is cloth and thread),
what's the down definition of "a belief"?
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"An assumption one has built one's worldview upon."
This assumption doesn't have to be conscious, but it may be intentionally chosen and tested.
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should be conclusions drawn from reason & facts, but it's probably more often feels & fallacies
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(A belief is...) trust, faith, or confidence in an idea regardless of evidence.