CREDENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)