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convinced

 adjective
     
con‧vinced
1 [not before noun] feeling certain that something is true:
Molly agreed, but she did not sound very convinced.
be convinced (that)
I was convinced that we were doing the right thing.
convinced of
Researchers are convinced of a genetic cause for the disease.
firmly/totally/fully etc convinced
Herschel was firmly convinced of the possibility of life on other planets.
2

convinced Muslim/Christian etc

someone who believes very strongly in a particular religion
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