credence
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definition
noun
psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen
belief in or acceptance of something as true.
a credence table
a small side table, shelf, or niche in a church for holding the elements of the Eucharist before they are consecrated.
example
psychoanalysis finds little 'credence' among laymen
This lends 'credence' to the theory that one channels the powers beyond when writing, because really, I don't think I could seriously write that.
Towards the end of the tape the sound of breaking glass and crockery lends 'credence' to the theory that passengers rushed the aisle with the food trolley.
It also lends 'credence' to the notion that the availability of gambling opportunities is correlated positively with the incidence of problem and pathological gambling behaviors.
The research lends 'credence' to the notion that common bacterial infections might play a role in determining who is stricken with the debilitating neurological disorder.
a 'credence' table
This lends 'credence' to the mother's position that the policy was there for the financial security of the mother and children rather than anything else.
It almost lends 'credence' to the prosecution's case.
Their battered condition lends 'credence' to the story, for why else would they have been saved, if not for their association with the martyred slave?
His ideas have been twisted into evolutionary psychology, a pseudo-science which is given surprising 'credence' .
The picture is also jumpy and unfocused at times, which also lends 'credence' to the high-resolution argument.
The idea might seem ludicrous but it's gaining 'credence' among some very bright people.
In spite of the falsehoods in our press, it seems to me this last year I've never seen so many lies accepted and given 'credence' to than in all my 56 years.
When the government is giving you millions of dollars to show a drug is harmful, you're going to give more 'credence' to experiments that show it is, no matter how flawed, because your career depends on it.
It is painful to watch him displaying credentials that no longer carry much 'credence' .
This observation lends 'credence' to the view that the Ohio Prairie Peninsula prairies developed through migration from the west.
Because Bahamian society is small, insular and closed, it is possible for certain ideas to circulate, gain 'credence' and become accepted as fact.
The name of the place also lends 'credence' to his theory.
Meanwhile, they're also accepting that the slump in singles sales isn't down to illegal downloading alone; they give some 'credence' to the ‘rival entertainment’ argument.
Martin Luther King's words gained 'credence' from his actions.
That's a problem, because the credentials of professionals lend 'credence' to their beliefs, however outrageous.
Their reluctance to defend themselves against specific charges lends 'credence' to the allegations.
psychoanalysis finds little 'credence' among laymen
But seriously, there is 'credence' in the belief that we fear what we do not know.
The demonstrated fact that material does travel from one planet to another lends 'credence' to the hypothesis.
I took the finger towel and glass cruets of water and wine to the 'credence' table at the right of the altar and put out the bell on the step where I would be kneeling at the consecration.
If views like his are starting to gain 'credence' with the intellectual elites of places like Malaysia - as it seems they are - for that reason alone they merit a serious and objective response by all of us.
When you have either a political or ideological bias there is a great temptation to ignore contrary facts and information as a matter of deliberate policy or because you subconsciously give them little 'credence' .
And so I didn't trust emotion, or give it much 'credence' .
But their demands helped to muddy the waters and were given wide 'credence' among their supporters in the United States.
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