doxastic

/ dɒksˈæstɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to belief
2. denoting the branch of modal logic that studies the concept of belief

Word History and Origins

Origin of doxastic¹

C18: from Greek doxastikos having an opinion, ultimately from doxazein to conjecture

Example Sentences

Truth, as the name implies, makest a conversion about the gods and their incorporeal energy; but, doxastic imitation, which, as Plato says, is fabricative of images, wanders about that which is deprived of divinity and is dark.

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