article of faith
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- noun
- /ˈɑrtɪkl əv feɪθ/
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dogma
- Akin is right about evolution; it is an article of faith for people who believe it.
- an article of faith for many
Now that becomes an article of faith to him and he gets a lot of pushback.
- Now that becomes an article of faith to him and he gets a lot of pushback.
- So this is, you could say, their article of faith, what it is that they believe in.
Examples
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But Oh yes, it's an article of faith that Republicans love the constitution.
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So this is, you could say, their article of faith, what it is that they believe in.
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Now that becomes an article of faith to him and he gets a lot of pushback.
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If believing it's possible is an article of faith, it is at least one we hope will prove to be true.
Academic text (2010) -
The urge to appease died hard among those ministers who had made it their article of faith for so many years.
Academic text (1993) -
The social mobility most Americans cling to as an article of faith is a myth.
Blog text (12) -
Public education, secular and republican, was an article of faith for men of his breed: the future of the world was in education and nothing else.
Fiction book (2000) -
A lot of what people hold as articles of faith is eroded by neuroscience.
Academic text (1999) -
For the BJP, nuclear weapons are an article of faith, part of the essential identity of a powerful, militarist "Hindu India."
Academic text (2000) -
For many believers, the idea of life after death is an article of faith that provides them comfort.
Synonyms
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1.1
A feeling that something is true even without proof
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4.5
A strong belief or opinion that someone is sure about
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6.0
A set of beliefs taught and held by a group, for example a religion or political party
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A belief or idea leaders expect everyone to accept without question
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A sure feeling that something is true
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A set of beliefs that a faith group officially teaches
Religious beliefs that people accept as true
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
article + of + faith
A learner who knows 'article' as an item/proposition and 'faith' as belief can plausibly infer 'an item of belief' and thus guess this refers to a particular belief. However, the conventional nuance — that it is a doctrine accepted without question — and the specific doctrinal sense of 'article' are somewhat conventional/cultural and not fully predictable from the parts, so prior exposure is helpful.
Etymology
Article of faith was later used outside religion to mean a belief people accept without proof. Think of an article as an item on a list and faith as trust, so an article of faith is a point accepted by trust, or 'a belief accepted without question'.