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I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections.
Emanuel Swedenborg

Meaning of "credence" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CREDENCE

From Medieval Latin crēdentia trust, credit, from Latin crēdere to believe.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CREDENCE

credence  [ˈkriːdəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CREDENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Credence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CREDENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of credence in the English dictionary

The definition of credence in the dictionary is acceptance or belief, esp with regard to the truth of the evidence of others. Other definition of credence is something supporting a claim to belief; recommendation; credential.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CREDENCE


accedence
əkˈsiːdəns
accordance
əˈkɔːdəns
antecedence
ˌæntɪˈsiːdəns
attendance
əˈtɛndəns
concordance
kənˈkɔːdəns
confidence
ˈkɒnfɪdəns
correspondence
ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndəns
discordance
dɪsˈkɔːdəns
evidence
ˈɛvɪdəns
guidance
ˈɡaɪdəns
impedance
ɪmˈpiːdəns
imprudence
ɪmˈpruːdəns
independence
ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəns
jurisprudence
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈpruːdəns
outrecuidance
ˌuːtəˈkwiːdəns
providence
ˈprɒvɪdəns
prudence
ˈpruːdəns
residence
ˈrɛzɪdəns
retrocedence
ˌrɛtrəʊˈsiːdəns
supersedence
ˌsuːpəˈsiːdəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CREDENCE

cred
credal
credence table
credenda
credendum
credent
credential
credentialed
credentialism
credentialled
credentialling
credentials
credenza
credibility
credibility gap
credibility rating
credible
credibleness
credibly
credit

WORDS THAT END LIKE CREDENCE

angle of incidence
at your convenience
cadence
coincidence
crisis of confidence
decadence
Declaration of Independence
dependence
direct evidence
documentary evidence
hall of residence
in confidence
in evidence
in residence
incidence
interdependence
letters of credence
precedence
self-confidence
transcendence
vote of no confidence

Synonyms and antonyms of credence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CREDENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «credence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of credence

Translation of «credence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CREDENCE

Find out the translation of credence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of credence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «credence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

信任
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crédito
570 millions of speakers

English

credence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مصداقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Credence
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

credibilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রত্যয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepercayaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Glaubwürdigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

信用
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒷받침
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kapercayan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tin tưởng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நம்பிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विश्वास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

itimat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

credito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

credence
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Credence
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crezare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αξιοπιστία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geloofwaardigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tilltro
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

troverdighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of credence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CREDENCE»

The term «credence» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.975 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CREDENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «credence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «credence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about credence

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8 QUOTES WITH «CREDENCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word credence.
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Andre Breton
I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory.
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Owen Glendower
And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.
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Simon Greenleaf
But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence.
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Irvin Kershner
I have not given much credence to reviews of my films. Sometimes they're wrong, but it didn't matter to me.
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Julia Leigh
I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left the strictures of high school, and you're trying to break free and form yourself but you have to support yourself as well. We don't really give enough credence to that time of life and to its troubles.
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George Jean Nathan
The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.
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Nancy Sinatra
I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence.
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Emanuel Swedenborg
I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CREDENCE»

Discover the use of credence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to credence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Credence
Ultimately "credence" is reestablished, not for a belief in a univocal world but in a social construct of many voices and tongues.
Dennis Phillips, 1996
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Causation, Chance and Credence
The papers collected here are, with three exceptions, those presented at a conference on probability and causation held at the University of California at Irvine on July 15-19, 1985.
B. Skyrms, W.L. Harper, 1988
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Strategies in Markets for Experience and Credence Goods
The quality and characteristics of industrial and consumption goods are often not revealed until after consumption.
Prof. Dr. Egon Franck, Men-Andri Benz, 2007
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Hospitality Marketing Management
Search,. Experience,. and. Credence. Qualities. Consumer behavior is covered in greater depth in Chapter 3, but a brief introduction to the subject as it relates to services becomes useful at this point. When consumers make purchase ...
Robert D. Reid, David C. Bojanic, 2009
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The Laws of Credence
Mets make the World Series?” Stories of Stiver's escape had shrunk in font size over the last few weeks, and now were gonefrom the local headlines altogether. Credence elections were nearing and the paper switched itsfocus to politics,but ...
Kendra Sebeny, 2009
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Credence Foundation (A Science Fiction Novel):
But if we don't stop him, intergalactic People will begin travels won't be safe anymore. tofear possible attacks—itwill bethe end of Credence.Ijust can't permitthat.I don't likethe sound of it, but I'm responsible toward all mankind, Detective.
Marco Guarda, 2012
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Trust as a Determinant of Consumer Behaviour Under ...
Figure 3.7 The Characterisation of Search, Experience, and Credence Qualities Source: Weiber and Adler, 1995, p. 59. The transition towards a good's characteristics is more precise since most products can typically be characterised through ...
Leef H. Dierks, 2005
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The Sacristy
manent arrangements, the credence should be part of the fabric. It may take the form either of a recess in the wall, with or without a shelf, or of a projecting bracket, each of which has advantages. The bracket is somewhat the more accessible, ...
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Information Processing and Management: International ...
The tracking based credence system tracks the behavior of node and records the number of times node misbehaves. This algorithm includes the prompt alarm about the behavior of a malicious node to help in taking quick action against them.
Vinu V. Das, Narayan C. Debnath, R. Vijayakumar, 2010
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Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science: Proceedings of ...
Kn = r\Et. 1=1 Thus K„ represents, under the assumption of infallible memory, the total observational knowledge of X at the time Tn. Now consider the sequence of X's credence functions. In the case of a human being we would hesitate to ...
Ernest Nagel, Patrick Suppes, Alfred Tarski, 1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CREDENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term credence is used in the context of the following news items.
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Frost & Sullivan Lauds Credence ID's Adaptable Approach
Mobile biometrics developer Credence ID has received fresh accolades from Frost & Sullivan. The growth consultancy has recognized ... «Mobile ID World, Jul 15»
2
Report suggests the Apple Watch is failing
... with both Amazon's and the US Department of Commerce's sales figures by more than 97 percent, which does lend it some credence. «TechRadar, Jul 15»
3
Well | How Grounded Is Your Love Life?
The results “lend credence to the description of connection experiences as 'heartwarming,' ” the authors conclude. However, while many past ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Uber CEO Would Buy 500000 Self-Driving Teslas By 2020
... change and a self-driving Tesla is all to possible in less than five years, adding credence to Steve Jurteson's friendly (but serious) challenge. «The Art of Gears, Jul 15»
5
AUD/USD Candlesticks and Ichimoku Analysis
Aussie met renewed selling interest at 0.7739 last week and has dropped sharply since, adding credence to our bearish view for early ... «Action Forex, Jul 15»
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Malaysia PM Najib under pressure over 1MDB allegations
“The suit will lend credence to the call for the nullification of UMNO- and Barisan Nasional-held seats in the last general elections." News of the ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
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Paul Verhoeven's Authenticity Came to Light at Chicago's Logan …
Just look at the heat generated by Showgirls, which might lend some credence to that theory. In this film that features a truly '90s cast of Casper ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
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Shocking lack of sympathy for Raheem Sterling as he phones in …
... Anfield and is finally taking an active part in speeding up a switch. Sterling added huge credence to that story by phoning in a sickie to Liverpool this morning. «SportsJOE, Jul 15»
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Hooked on Newfoundland: Icebergs, whales and islander traditions …
Dense fog drifted in from the sea on the drive from the airport to the city, lending visual credence to stories of spectral beings and pirate treasure ... «National Post, Jul 15»
10
Mickey Mouse breaks off relations with Bill Cosby, smart move
The revelations lend more credence to the dozens of women who have accused Cosby over a period of four decades. Cosby fooled us. «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»

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