The phrase "a broad conviction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a general or widely held belief or opinion about a particular topic.
Example: "The community held a broad conviction that education is the key to success for future generations."
Alternatives: "a strong belief" or "a widespread opinion."
Even though the government's "Help to Buy" schemes, which subsidise higher-risk mortgages, are probably having only a moderate direct impact, publicity surrounding them has fed a broader conviction that prices can only go up.Moreover, as borrowers chase higher prices their finances are becoming stretched.
"He was a pastoral man, an intelligent man and a man of broad conviction.
Simarasl et al. (2010), found that it is a common or broad conviction that good and pleasant events occur more than bad events in life.
Bishop McGann said that Bishop McHugh, whom he preceded, was a "man of intelligence and broad conviction" who was passionately opposed to abortion and made Catholic family values as taught by the church his highest priority.
Results reflect an attitude change but not indicative of broad conviction among young men and women to adopt and sustain the use of modern contraceptives.
With little broad conviction about the health of the economy, investors focused on specific stocks after monthly retail sales reports and the latest acquisition activity.
But in 2009, the Virginia Department of Forensic Science conducted DNA tests on evidence from the case as part of a broad post-conviction testing program.
Yet Iraqis are united in a broad and deep conviction.
Despite accepting that the 29-year-old woman – known as Sarah – was suffering post-traumatic stress disorder at the time she retracted her allegations of rape, the court said he could not "quash a conviction on a broad, somewhat nebulous basis of unfairness where the conviction, following due process, is in every respect safe" because the woman was "undoubtedly guilty of a serious crime".
One reason is that moral theories do not arise in a vacuum; instead, they develop against a broad backdrop of moral convictions.
