variants also idealogy
as in doctrine
the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group members of that sect follow an ideology of nonviolence and freely given cooperation

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Recent Examples of ideology The exhibit displays over two centuries of sculptures that show how art has produced and reproduced racial attitudes and ideologies. John P. Jackson, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025 The database tracked multiple types of extremism and ideologies. Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025 The result is a generation of students who, believing themselves to be warriors of justice, inadvertently provide cover for extremist ideologies. Kevin Waldman, Twin Cities, 10 Apr. 2025 In contrast, his Abundance ideology promotes reducing regulations and removing bottlenecks in housing construction. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ideology
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Noun
  • Compared with the fundamentalism of al-Qaida or Hamas, the doctrines of the Bolsheviks, the nationalism of the Nazis or the sun god worship of the Aztecs, Christianity does indeed seem not too bad.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Roth said employees at the charity would have to be expressing and inculcating religious doctrine, such as requiring participation in a prayer before a meal is served at a soup kitchen.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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  • Leipold, in a news conference on Friday, had some words that helped explain his overall recruiting philosophy.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Rudnev spread his philosophy and recruited followers through yoga classes, Russian authorities investigating the case told RIA Novosti.
    Betiana Fernández Martino and Hira Humayan, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
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  • For its 38,000 citizens, and the many visitors that travel to the second smallest country in the world, Mammon may appear to be the ruling creed.
    Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The basis of the American creed is that all of us are created equal, not that we are created alike.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Ideology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideology. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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