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Belief is breaking enemy? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theism

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'belief' is the definition.
(theism is a kind of belief)

'is breaking enemy?' is the wordplay.
'breaking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'enemy?' becomes 'them' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'is' going inside 'them' is 'THEISM'.

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(Other definitions for theism that I've seen before include "Belief in existence of a God revealed to man" , "of faith" , "The doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods" , "Belief in a deity" , "Belief in a creator" .)

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