Thesaurus / conviction
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Founders described needing conviction in their decisions and preserving carved out time for their own information processing.
STARTUP FOUNDERS MUST OVERCOME INFORMATION OVERLOADWALTER THOMPSONSEPTEMBER 17, 2020TECHCRUNCH
In such a counterfactual scenario, we would have moral grounds for cruelty, which runs counter to our deepest moral convictions.
THE UNIVERSE KNOWS RIGHT FROM WRONG - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDEPHILIP GOFFSEPTEMBER 9, 2020NAUTILUS
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Justice have already levied cases against possible fraudsters, and as of a June 9 report, nearly 100 cases had been initiated since the program’s rollout, some already leading to convictions.
JPMORGAN FLAGS POTENTIALLY ‘ILLEGAL’ ACTIONS OF EMPLOYEES AND PPP LOAN RECIPIENTSANNE SRADERSSEPTEMBER 8, 2020FORTUNE
I spent a couple of hours yesterday in off-the-record conversations with members of Fortune’s CEO Initiative, which reinforced my conviction that critics from both sides miss the mark.
CEOS AREN’T PROMOTING STAKEHOLDER CAPITALISM FOR THE PUBLICITYALAN MURRAYSEPTEMBER 1, 2020FORTUNE
This conviction usually lasts about 24 hours until, after another night of horrible sleep, the idea of running eight miles before breakfast is about as appealing as lighting myself on fire.
THE SUBLIME AGONY OF HOT-WEATHER RUNNINGMARTIN FRITZ HUBERAUGUST 27, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
He can be firm in his convictions while making a counter-argument gently.
ARE YOU YODA OR DARTH VADER? - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDEBRIAN GALLAGHERAUGUST 26, 2020NAUTILUS
If the same party does not control the House and the Senate, it may be challenging to reach a conviction.
IMPEACHMENT: JUST HOW DOES THE PROCESS WORK?BY TIA HUMPHRIESOCTOBER 5, 2019TRUTHBETOLD.NEWS
Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
The only thing that at all tended to shake this conviction, was the extraordinary poltroonery of our new captive.
It was their firm conviction that the system under which we live was, in its broad outline, a system of even justice.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
WORDS RELATED TO CONVICTION
- assurance
- backbone
- boldness
- bravery
- certainty
- certitude
- constancy
- conviction
- courage
- dauntlessness
- decision
- dedication
- doggedness
- dogmatism
- drive
- energy
- fearlessness
- firm-ness
- fortitude
- grit
- guts
- hardihood
- heart
- independence
- indomitability
- intrepidity
- nerve
- obstinacy
- persistence
- pluck
- purpose
- purposefulness
- resoluteness
- resolution
- resolve
- self-confidence
- single-mindedness
- spine
- spunk
- steadfastness
- stiff upper lip
- stubbornness
- tenacity
- valor
- willpower
- article
- article of faith
- attitude
- axiom
- basic
- belief
- canon
- concept
- convention
- conviction
- credenda
- creed
- declaration
- dogma
- fundamental
- gospel
- implantation
- inculcation
- indoctrination
- instruction
- position
- precept
- pronouncement
- propaganda
- proposition
- regulation
- rule
- statement
- teaching
- tenet
- tradition
- universal law
- unwritten rule
- article
- article of faith
- attitude
- axiom
- basic
- belief
- canon
- concept
- convention
- conviction
- credenda
- creed
- declaration
- dogma
- fundamental
- gospel
- implantation
- inculcation
- indoctrination
- instruction
- position
- precept
- pronouncement
- propaganda
- proposition
- regulation
- rule
- statement
- teaching
- tenet
- tradition
- universal law
- unwritten rule
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