A "bedrock belief" refers to a fundamental, unshakeable belief that serves as the foundation or core of someone's values or principles. It is a deeply ingrained and crucial belief upon which other beliefs and actions are built. Full definition
The Holy Earth is thus an ambiguous guide for contemporary environmental concerns, though its bedrock beliefs are close to the heart of the movement. (firstthings.com)
It is with these bedrock beliefs in mind that today I endorse Carl Paladino for governor.» (nystateofpolitics.com)
Through his three collections of stories and four novels, Nordan tells the story of a South where fiction and history collide and where the values of the urban South encroach on the bedrock beliefs of the rural South whose fading is both mourned and welcomed. (bookpage.com)