| adherents (of) | a people who supports a particular idea or party |
| adherence, to adhere to | adherent of - abstract noun + verb |
| convert (to) | sb who has taken on a new set of beliefs |
| conversion, to convert | convert to - abstract noun + verb |
| fanatic | sb with a very strong belief (disapproving) |
| fanaticism, fanatical | fanatic - abstract noun + adjective |
| radical | sob who believes there should be extreme political change, either of a left- or right-wing nature |
| radicalism | radical - abstract noun |
| reactionary | sb opposed to change or new ideas |
| reaction | reactionary - abstract noun |
| bigot | sb with strong unreasonable beliefs who thinks that anyone with other beliefs is wrong (disapprovin) |
| bigotry,bigoted | bigotry - abstract noun + adjective |
| assumption | unquestioning acceptance that sth is true |
| to derive from, to stem from | to have its orgins in (X2) |
| to eradicate | to abolish or get rid of |
| postulates | basic pronciples |
| to postulate | postulates - verb |
| consciousness | awareness |
| to usher in | to introduce |
| credible | believable |
| credulous | too willing to believe what you're told |
| incredulous | not wanting or able to believe sth |
| credence | acceptance that sth is true (formal) |
| give/ lend/ add credence to | .... credence to (verbs - x3) |
| gullible | easily tricked into believing things that may not be true |
| ingenuous | trusting, sicere, often in a way that seems foolish |
| (im)plausible | (un)convincing |
| a plausible argument | przekonujący argument |
| an inplausible exuse | nieprzekonująca wymówka |
| to ascribe (formal), to attribute (sth to sb/sth) | to consider sth to be caused, created or posseses by sb or sth (x2) |
| a tenet | one of the principle on which a belief is based |
| to give sb the benefit of the doubt | to accept sb is telling the truth even though it is not certain |
| to take sth with a pinch of salt | to believe not totally what you are told |
| I'll believe it when I see it! | uwierzę jak zobaczę (informal) |
| I don't buy it! | nie kupuję tego! (informal) |
| I wasn't born yesterday! | nie urodziłem się wczoraj (informal) |
| What d'you take me for? | za kogo mnie wziales? (informal) |
| pull the other one! | p... (informal way of saying I don't believ you) |
| A likely story! | a... (informal way of saying I don't believ you) |
| to seek | to want to achieve |
| to be anxious to | to want to very much |
| universally | totally |
| range | variety |
| with little in comon | not sharing much |