genuine belief
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenuineandbelief
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genuine
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/us/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn/
If something is genuine, it is real and exactly what it appears ...
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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk/bɪˈliːf/us/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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(Definition ofgenuineandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There may well be agenuinebelief.
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That is not a hope but agenuinebelief.
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All this was done with great enthusiasm and agenuinebeliefin the ability of science, rational thinking and technology to solve human and social problems.
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That was agenuinebeliefon their part, but they were misled.
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There is agenuinebeliefin the group that they are not being treated fairly.
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I find it difficult to reconcile agenuinebeliefin local democracy with the opposition to this general principle.
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It merely prevents a carrier being fined if he carries such a person in thatgenuinebelief.
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That is mygenuinebelief, and this announcement will be widely welcomed when it is fully understood.
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I have no doubt that they acted in thegenuinebeliefthat they were doing their best for the teachers.
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They might have come in with a well-founded,genuinebeliefthat they would be able to support themselves.
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I am sure that it derives from agenuinebeliefthat something wrong is being done which he wishes to resist.
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A wide-ranging transport policy, with agenuinebeliefin the need for a proper infrastructure and taking account of environmental considerations, is also most important.
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Even if we are unavoidably cruel, we do it in thegenuinebeliefthat it is for the good of mankind.
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First, there are those who have agenuinebeliefthat it is the right course and that we cannot go on as we are.
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I believe that it was put forward in thegenuinebeliefthat it would allow the coal industry a steady future and reasonable expansion.
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Their motive has been one ofgenuinebeliefthat the schemes might be simplified and that some money might be saved in their administration.
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That is obnoxious to those who despise hunting, many of whom were brought up in thegenuinebeliefthat the classes are still at war.
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The basis of peace, however, is not just an agreement on disarmament: it is agenuinebeliefin a rule of international law.
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From it arose agenuinebeliefin the valuable contribution which the new town movement has made since 1946 to national development.
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There was simply a verygenuinebeliefthat women were not physically equipped to deal with situations in which there was a demand for sheer strength.
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But the punter may well have brought the case in thegenuinebeliefthat he, the punter, was in the right and the bookmaker in the wrong.
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No doubt many of these unions made these payments from their general funds in thegenuinebeliefthat this was allowed by the existing definition of "political objects".
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At any rate, that request showed agenuinebeliefin the powers he possesses and the goodwill which we suppose him to have in exercising those powers.
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I put it forward in thegenuinebeliefthat something must be done if we value our nationalised industries and want to see them run properly and economically.
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Genuinebeliefon the animals recovery and emotional attachment can also interfere on the decision-making process of euthanasia.
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