| gaslight |
to use psychological manipulation in an attempt to make (a person or persons) believe that they are losing their sanity or that their memories or valid suspicions are false. [1/3 definitions] |
| gaslighting |
psychological manipulation that attempts to make a person or persons believe that they are losing their sanity or that their memories or valid suspicions are false. |
| give |
to provide cause for (someone) to believe that a certain thing is true. [1/13 definitions] |
| guess |
to think or believe without absolute knowledge of the facts; suppose. [1/6 definitions] |
| hold1 |
to have as an opinion or belief; believe; adhere to. [1/18 definitions] |
| hope |
to believe with some confidence. [1/6 definitions] |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| inconceivable |
difficult to believe or find credible. [1/2 definitions] |
| incredible |
difficult or impossible to believe. [1/2 definitions] |
| incredulity |
the state of refusal to believe. |
| infidel |
one who does not believe in or accept a religious faith, esp. that of Christianity or Islam. [1/2 definitions] |
| Inner Light |
the guiding force of God that Quakers believe exists in every human soul. |
| mislead |
to cause (someone) to believe in something false or to make a wrong choice. [1/2 definitions] |
| opine |
to present or believe as one's own opinion. [1/2 definitions] |
| persuade |
to cause (another) to believe something; convince. [1/2 definitions] |
| persuasive |
having the ability to cause another to do or believe something. |
| playact |
to act out fantasies; pretend; make believe. [1/3 definitions] |
| pretend |
to act the part of a real or imagined character, or act out imaginary events, in play; make believe. [2/7 definitions] |
| pretense |
the act of imagining or of acting a part, as in play; make-believe. [1/4 definitions] |
| racist |
made up of members of the same race who believe in and act on the notion that the race to which they belong is superior to another race or races. [1/7 definitions] |
| repute |
to consider or believe (someone or something) to have a certain trait (usu. used in the passive). [1/3 definitions] |