believing
nounUK /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/ · US /bɪˈli.vɪŋ/
Etymology From Middle English bilevinge, belewynge, equivalent to believe + -ing.
1
The act or process of having faith, trust, or confidence in.
2
Belief.
- Some believings are believings with simple certainty; others are more or less uncertain; still others are believings with a reassured certainty, perhaps after a time during which they were uncertain.2004, Dermot Moran, Lester E. Embree, Phenomenology: Critical Concepts in Philosophy, volume 2, page 337:
- Derived terms
- unbelieving, seeing is believing, believing is seeing