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CREDENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A kind of sideboard or buffet
Synonyms:
credence; credenza
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("credence" is a kind of...):
buffet; counter; sideboard (a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
Example:
acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years
Synonyms:
acceptance; credence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("credence" is a kind of...):
attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "credence"):
fatalism (a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable)
recognition (an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid)
