accepted belief

collocation in English

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accepted
adjective
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/əkˈsep.tɪd/us
/əkˈsep.t̬ɪd/
generally agreed to be satisfactory ...
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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 ofacceptedandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is the philosophy which lies behind the growing rejection of a free-for-all which is now becomingacceptedbelief.
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That will be theacceptedbelief.
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He is the originator of the now generallyacceptedbeliefthat an athlete is a human.
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An 86-day gestation period is much longer than the previouslyacceptedbeliefthat gestation lasts around 60 days.
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First, any widelyacceptedbeliefmust necessarily be false.
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Craig has never admitted that that was the reason he was out but it is the generalacceptedbeliefhere that it was so.
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He draws on the commonlyacceptedbeliefthat the primary anatomical difference between humans and other primates that allowed for superior intellectual abilities was the evolution of a larger neocortex.
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At the same time, truth is not based upon commonly accepted beliefs.
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In the friction between the mainstream of accepted beliefs and the new perspectives of historical revisionism, received historical ideas are either changed, solidified, or clarified.
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It also brought a re-examination of accepted beliefs.
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He introduced into language theory the philosophical and anthropological question of common sense and doxa, that is, commonly accepted beliefs.
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Philosophizing may begin with some simple doubts about accepted beliefs.
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