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What part of speech is the word "in" as it is used in this sentence?

"Well, the Romans believed in an anthropocentric universe."

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In can be a noun, a preposition, an adverb, or an adjective.
Here I believe it to be an adjective since it is describing the verb believe.
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IN is a preposition. It is part of the list of prepositions. Because of that, I believe it is a preposition.
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