#belief  any cognitive content held as true
  exclusion:  unbelief
  supertype:  cognitive_content__cognitivecontent__content__mental_object  the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
  subtype:  conviction__strong_belief__article_of_faith  an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
     subtype:  amateurism  the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money
     subtype:  nationalism  the conviction that the culture and interests of your nation are superior to those of any other nation
  subtype:  faith.belief  complete confidence in a person or plan etc; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust"
  subtype:  doctrine__philosophy__school_of_thought__ism  a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
     subtype:  abolitionism  the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery
     subtype:  absolutism  the doctrine of an absolute being
     subtype:  amoralism  the doctrine that moral distinctions are invalid
     subtype:  animalism  the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature
     subtype:  animism  the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls; "animism is common among primitive peoples"
     subtype:  creationism  the literal belief in the account of creation given in the Book of Genesis; "creationism denies the theory of evolution of species"
        subtype:  creation_science  an effort to give scientific support for the truth of the account of creation given in the Book of Genesis
     subtype:  creed__credo  any system of principles or beliefs
        subtype:  testament  a profession of belief; "he stated his political testament"
        subtype:  Athanasian_Creed  a Christian profession of faith
     subtype:  dogma  a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma"
     subtype:  dualism  the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil
     subtype:  epicureanism  a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers
     subtype:  expansionism  the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country
     subtype:  formalism.doctrine  the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
     subtype:  functionalism  any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose
     subtype:  gospel  a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance; "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed"
     subtype:  gymnosophy  the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation
     subtype:  imitation.doctrine  the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
        subtype:  mimesis  the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
     subtype:  laissez_faire__laissezfaire__individualism  the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
     subtype:  internationalism  the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences
     subtype:  unilateralism  the doctrine that nations should conduct their foreign affairs individualistically without the advice or involvement of other nations
     subtype:  irredentism__irridentism  the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related
     subtype:  literalism  the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature
     subtype:  majority_rule__democracy  the doctrine that the numerical majority of an organized group can make decisions binding on the whole group
     subtype:  monism  the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element
     subtype:  nihilism  a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake
     subtype:  passivism__pacifism  the doctrine that all violence in unjustifiable
     subtype:  pluralism  the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements
     subtype:  populism  the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite
     subtype:  freethinking__rationalism  the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
     subtype:  humanism  the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural
     subtype:  humanitarianism__humanism  the doctrine that people's duty is to promote human welfare
     subtype:  egalitarianism__equalitarianism  the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality
     subtype:  feminism  a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women
     subtype:  ecumenism__ecumenicism__ecumenicalism  the doctrine of the ecumenical movement promoting cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations; aimed at universal Christian unity
     subtype:  secessionism  a doctrine that maintains the right of secession
     subtype:  secularism  a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
     subtype:  phenomenology  a philosophical doctrine proposed by Edmund Husserl based on the study of human experience in which considerations of objective reality are not taken into account
     subtype:  philosophical_doctrine__philosophicaldoctrine__philosophical_theory__philosophicaltheory  a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
        subtype:  aesthetic__esthetic  a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"
        subtype:  Aristotelianism  the philosophy of Aristotle that elaborates the fundamental principles of the syllogism
        subtype:  conceptualism  the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application
        subtype:  Confucianism  the teachings of Confucius emphasizing love for humanity; high value given to learning and to devotion to family (including ancestors); peace; justice; influenced the traditional culture of China
        subtype:  deconstruction__deconstructionism  a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning
        subtype:  empiricism__empiricist_philosophy__sensationalism  the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
           subtype:  experimentalism  an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles
           subtype:  logical_positivism__logicalpositivism__positivism  the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
              subtype:  Comtism  Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top
        subtype:  existentialism__existentialist_philosophy  a 20th-century philosophical movement; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves
        subtype:  determinism  a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will
           subtype:  fatalism  a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them
        subtype:  formalism.philosophical_doctrine  the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications
        subtype:  idealism.philosophical_doctrine  the doctrine that ideas are the only reality
        subtype:  intuitionism  the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition
        subtype:  logicism  the philosophical theory that all of mathematics can be derived from formal logic
        subtype:  physicalism__materialism  the doctrine that matter is the only reality
           subtype:  dialectical_materialism__dialecticalmaterialism  the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
        subtype:  mechanism.philosophical_doctrine  the doctrine that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
        subtype:  mentalism  a doctrine that mind is the true reality and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind's awareness
        subtype:  nativism  the philosophical doctrine that some ideas are innate
        subtype:  naturalism  the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations
        subtype:  nominalism  the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name
        subtype:  operationalism  the doctrine that the meaning of a proposition consists of the operations involved in proving or applying it
        subtype:  Platonism__realism  the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names
        subtype:  pragmatism  the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value
        subtype:  probabilism  the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action
        subtype:  rationalism  the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
        subtype:  naive_realism__naiverealism__realism  the philosophical doctrine that physical object continue to exist when not perceived
        subtype:  relativism  the philosophical doctrine that all criteria of judgment are relative to the individuals and situations involved
        subtype:  scholasticism  the system of philosophy dominant in medieval Europe; based on Aristotle and the Church Fathers
        subtype:  semiotics__semiotic  a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols
        subtype:  sensualism__sensationalism  the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
        subtype:  solipsism  the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
        subtype:  Stoicism  the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno
        subtype:  subjectivism  the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience
        subtype:  Daoism__Taoism  philosophical system developed by of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events
        subtype:  teleology  a doctrine explaining phenomena by their ends or purposes
        subtype:  traditionalism.philosophical_doctrine  the doctrine that all knowledge was originally derived by divine revelation and that it is transmitted by traditions
        subtype:  vitalism  a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry
     subtype:  states'_rights.doctrine  a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states
        subtype:  nullification.states'_rights  the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress
     subtype:  teaching__precept  a doctrine that is taught; "the teaching of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"
        subtype:  Golden_Rule  a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount: "Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" (Mathew 7:12)
     subtype:  theological_doctrine__theologicaldoctrine  the doctrine of a religious group
        subtype:  theanthropism  (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine
        subtype:  predestination__foreordination__preordination__predetermination  (theology) the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
        subtype:  spiritualism.theological_doctrine  any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God
        subtype:  antinomianism  the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture)
        subtype:  Thomism  the comprehensive theological doctrine created by Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century and still taught by the Dominicans
        subtype:  Arianism  the theological doctrine taught by Arius that Christ the Son was not consubstantial with God the Father
        subtype:  Athanasianism  the theological doctrine taught by Athanasius that Christ the Son is of the same substance as God the Father
        subtype:  Boehmenism__Behmenism  the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers
        subtype:  consubstantiation  the High-Church Anglican doctrine that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
        subtype:  Episcopalianism  the theological doctrine of Church government by bishops
        subtype:  Erastianism__Byzantinism__Caesaropapism  the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters
        subtype:  Jansenism  the Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples; salvation is limited to those who are subject to supernatural determinism and the rest are assigned to perdition
        subtype:  millenarianism  belief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations
        subtype:  Quakerism  the theological doctrine of the Society of Friends characterized by opposition to war and rejection of ritual and a formal creed and an ordained ministry
        subtype:  rationalism.theological_doctrine  the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
           subtype:  deism__free_thought  the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation
        subtype:  Rosicrucianism  the theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the Cross as symbols of Christ's Resurrection and Redemption; claims various occult powers
        subtype:  synergism  the theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace
        subtype:  total_depravity  the Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin
        subtype:  transubstantiation  the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
        subtype:  universalism  the theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved
        subtype:  Virgin_Birth__Nativity  the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas
     subtype:  utilitarianism  doctrine that the useful is the good; especially as elaborated by Jeremy Bentham and James Mill; the aim was said to be the greatest happiness for the greatest number
     subtype:  religious_doctrine__religiousdoctrine__church_doctrine__gospel__creed  the body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
        subtype:  Nicene_Creed  a formal creed summarizing Christian beliefs; first adopted in 325 and later expanded
        subtype:  tenet__belief__dogma  a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
           subtype:  article_of_faith__credendum  (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided
        subtype:  Immaculate_Conception  the Roman Catholic doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without any stain of original sin
        subtype:  Incarnation  the Christian doctrine of the union of God and man in the person of Jesus Christ
        subtype:  real_presence  the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist
  subtype:  philosophy.belief  any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
  subtype:  outlook__expectation__prospect  belief about (or mental picture of) the future
     subtype:  promise.outlook__hope  grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
        subtype:  rainbow.promise  an illusory hope; "chasing rainbows"
     subtype:  foretaste  an early limited awareness of something yet to occur
     subtype:  possibility  a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities"
     subtype:  anticipation.outlook__expectancy  something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"
        subtype:  life_expectancy  an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
     subtype:  misgiving__apprehension  painful expectation
  subtype:  fetichism__fetishism  a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)
  subtype:  meliorism  the belief that the world can be made better by human effort
  subtype:  opinion.belief__sentiment__persuasion__view__thought  a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
     subtype:  idea  a personal view; "he has an idea that we don't like him"
     subtype:  judgment.opinion__judgement__mind  an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"
        subtype:  decision.judgment__determination__conclusion  a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration: "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"
     subtype:  eyes  opinion or judgment; "in the eyes of the law" or "I was wrong in her eyes"
     subtype:  preconception__prepossession__parti_pris__preconceived_opinion__preconceived_idea__preconceived_notion  an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions"
     subtype:  pole.opinion  one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions; "they are at opposite poles" or "they are poles apart"
     subtype:  political_sympathies__politics  the opinion you hold with respect to political questions
  subtype:  autotelism  belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification
  subtype:  originalism  the belief that the US Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it
  subtype:  pacifism  the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration
  subtype:  religious_belief__religiousbelief__religion__faith  a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality"
     subtype:  religious_cult__religiouscult__cult  a system of religious beliefs and rituals
        subtype:  macumba  a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing a chanting and dancing
        subtype:  obeah__obi  a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas
        subtype:  Rastafarianism  belief in Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie of Ethiopia) as the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land
        subtype:  vodoun__voodoo__voodooism__hoodooism  a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities
     subtype:  ecclesiasticism.religious_belief  religion appropriate to a church and to ecclesiastical principles and practices
     subtype:  religious_mysticism__religiousmysticism__mysticism  a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality
        subtype:  quietism  a form of religious mysticism requiring withdrawal from all human effort and passive contemplation of God
     subtype:  nature_worship  a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena
     subtype:  revealed_religion  a religion founded primarily on the revelations of God to humankind
     subtype:  theism  the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods
        subtype:  monotheism  belief in a single God
           subtype:  Judaism  the monotheistic religion of the Jews; based on the Old Testament and the Talmud
              subtype:  Orthodox_Judaism  beliefs and practices of a Judaic sect that strictly observes Mosaic Law
                 subtype:  Hasidism__Hassidism  beliefs and practices of a sect of Orthodox Jews
              subtype:  Conservative_Judaism  beliefs and practices of Conservative Jews
              subtype:  Reform_Judaism  beliefs and practices of Reform Jews
           subtype:  Muhammadanism__Islam__Islamism__Mohammedanism__Muslimism  the monotheistic religion of Muslims based on the Koran
        subtype:  polytheism__pantheism  belief in multiple Gods
     subtype:  paganism__pagan_religion__paganreligion__heathenism  any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism
     subtype:  Christianity__Christian_religion  the system of Christian beliefs and practices
        subtype:  Second_Adventism__Adventism  any Christian religion that believes the second coming of Christ is imminent
           subtype:  Seventh-Day_Adventism  Adventism that is strongly Protestant and observes Saturday as the Sabbath
        subtype:  Catholicism__Catholicity  the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church
           subtype:  Romanism__Roman_Catholicism  the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome
           subtype:  Eastern_Catholicism  the beliefs and practices of any of the Eastern Catholic Churches based in Constantinople
        subtype:  Protestantism  the theological system of any of the churches of Western Christendom that separated from the Roman Catholic Church during the Reformation
           subtype:  Anglicanism  the faith and doctrine and practice of the Anglican Church
              subtype:  Anglo-Catholicism__High_Anglicanism  a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition
           subtype:  Arminianism  doctrines of Jacobus Arminius (1610) rejecting absolute predestination or strict Calvinism
           subtype:  Calvinism  the theological system of John Calvin and his followers emphasizing omnipotence of God and salvation by grace alone
           subtype:  Christian_Science  religious system based on teachings of Mary Baker Eddy emphasizing spiritual healing
           subtype:  Lutheranism  teachings of Martin Luther emphasizing the cardinal doctrine of justification by faith alone
           subtype:  Unitarianism  Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom of belief and rejects the Trinity
           subtype:  Trinitarianism  Christian doctrine stressing belief in the Trinity
           subtype:  Congregationalism  system of beliefs and church government of a Protestant denomination in which each member church is self-governing
           subtype:  Mennonitism  system of beliefs and practices including belief in Scriptural authority; plain dress; adult baptism; foot washing; restriction of marriage to members of the group
           subtype:  evangelicalism  stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation
              subtype:  revivalism  an attempt to reawaken the evangelical faith
           subtype:  fundamentalism  the interpretation of every word in the Bible as literal truth
           subtype:  Methodism  the religious beliefs and practices of Methodists characterized by concern with social welfare and public morals
           subtype:  Wesleyanism__Wesleyism  evangelical principles taught by John Wesley
           subtype:  Anabaptism  belief in: the primacy of the Bible; baptism of believers not infants; complete separation of church and state
           subtype:  Baptistic_doctrine  any of various doctrines closely related to Anabaptism
           subtype:  Mormonism  the doctrines and practices of the Mormon Church based on the Book of Mormon
           subtype:  pentecostalism  the principles and practices of Pentecostal religious groups; characterized by religious excitement and talking in tongues
           subtype:  Presbyterianism  the doctrines and practices of the Presbyterian Church: based in Calvinism
           subtype:  Puritanism.Protestantism__puritanism  the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)
        subtype:  Tractarianism__Puseyism  principles of the founders of the Oxford movement; expounded in pamphlets called "Tracts for the Times"
     subtype:  Hinduism__Hindooism  a complex of beliefs and values and customs including worship of many gods especially the Trimurti composed of Brahma the Creator; Vishnu the preserver; and Shiva the destroyer
        subtype:  Krishnaism  worship of Krishna the 8th avatar of Vishnu
        subtype:  Shivaism__Sivaism  worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
        subtype:  Shaktism__Saktism  worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva
        subtype:  Vishnuism__Vaishnavism__Vaisnavism  worship of Vishnu one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon
        subtype:  Yoga  a Hindu theistic philosophy; union of self and the Supreme Being is sought through a state of complete awareness and tranquillity attained by certain physical exercises
     subtype:  Brahmanism__Brahminism  the religious beliefs of ancient India as prescribed in the sacred Vedas and Brahmanas and Upanishads
     subtype:  Jainism  religion founded in the 6th century as a revolt against Hinduism; emphasizes asceticism and immortality and transmigration of the soul; denies existence of a perfect or supreme being
     subtype:  Sikhism  a radically monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 16th Century
     subtype:  Buddhism  the ethical philosophy of Buddha; emphasizes physical and spiritual discipline as a means of liberation from the physical world
        subtype:  Mahayana  one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone; chiefly in China; Tibet; Japan
        subtype:  Hinayana  one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through one's own efforts; chiefly in Sri Lanka (Ceylon); Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Cambodia
        subtype:  Lamaism  Tibetan Buddhist doctrine including non-Buddhist Indian elements and elements of preexisting shamanism
        subtype:  Zen_Buddhism__Zen  doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight
        subtype:  Shingon  a Japanese Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible
        subtype:  Tantra__Tantrism  doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet
     subtype:  Hsuan_Chiao__Taoism  popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic
     subtype:  Shintoism__Shinto  the indigenous polytheistic religion of Japan lacking organized teachings; primarily nature and ancestor worship including a chief deity from whom the emperor is believed to be descended
     subtype:  Mithraism__Mithraicism  ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d.
     subtype:  Zoroastrianism__Mazdaism  system founded in Persia in the 6th century b.c. by Zoroaster; set forth in the Zend-Avesta; based on concept of struggle between light (good) and dark (evil)
        subtype:  Parsiism__Parseeism  Zoroastrian sect in India
     subtype:  shamanism  an animistic religion of northern Asia having the belief that the mediation between the visible and the spirit worlds is effected by shamans
     subtype:  shamanism.religious_belief  any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes
  subtype:  public_opinion__popular_opinion__popularopinion__opinion__vox_populi__voxpopuli  a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion"
  subtype:  sacerdotalism  a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
  subtype:  spiritualism  the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium)
  subtype:  spiritual_world__unseen  a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit
  subtype:  supernaturalism  a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
     subtype:  magic  any art that invokes supernatural powers
        subtype:  juju  the power associated with a juju
        subtype:  mojo  a magic power or magic spell
        subtype:  conjuring__conjury  invoking a spirit or devil
           subtype:  summoning__evocation  calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations
        subtype:  sorcery__black_magic__blackmagic__black_art__blackart  the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
           subtype:  witchcraft__witchery  the art of sorcery
           subtype:  bewitchment__enchantment  a magical spell
           subtype:  diabolism__demonism__Satanism  the worship of devils (especially Satan)
           subtype:  obiism  belief in a kind of sorcery that originated in Africa and is practiced in the West Indies
        subtype:  theurgy  magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits
     subtype:  exorcism__dispossession  freeing from evil spirits
  subtype:  superstition__superstitious_notion__superstitiousnotion  an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
  subtype:  theory.belief  a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"
     subtype:  hodgepodge__patchwork__jumble  a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas
  subtype:  theosophy  belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
  subtype:  thought  the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual; "19th century thought" or "Darwinian thought"
     subtype:  mainstream  the prevailing current of thought; "his thinking was in the American mainstream"
  subtype:  totemism  belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem
  subtype:  tribalism  the beliefs of a tribal society
  subtype:  values  beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something); "he has very conservatives values"
  subtype:  individualism  a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence
     subtype:  rugged_individualism  individualism in social and economic affairs; belief not only in personal liberty and self-reliance but also in free competition

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