Word.ws English Dictionary

core belief

core belief noun: an epistemic assumption that defines an individual or belief system and his or its self-perception and is therefore felt to be true regardless of its truth value.

Noun

core belief (plural core beliefs)

  1. An epistemic assumption that defines an individual or belief system and his or its self-perception and is therefore felt to be true regardless of its truth value.
    Synonyms:
    basic belief, foundational belief, ultimate concern, ultimate reality

core belief meaning in Arabic

core belief in Arabic

assumptions that define an individual
اِعْتِقَاد أَسَاسِيّ iʕtiqād ʔasāsiyy

Synonyms of core belief

Forms of core belief

pluralcore beliefs

Questions about core belief

What does core belief mean?
Core belief means an epistemic assumption that defines an individual or belief system and his or its self-perception and is therefore felt to be true regardless of its truth value.
What is core belief in Arabic?
Core belief in Arabic is اِعْتِقَاد أَسَاسِيّ (iʕtiqād ʔasāsiyy). See Core belief meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is core belief?
Core belief is a noun.
What is the plural of core belief?
The plural of core belief is core beliefs.

Words near core belief in the dictionary

  1. cordyline
  2. cordylines
  3. Cordys
  4. Cordăreni
  5. core
  6. core belief
  7. core beliefs
  8. core business
  9. core cities
  10. core city
  11. core competence

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: core belief (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “core belief.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/core_belief. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.