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 book identifies a host of factors that have thwarted global environmental cooperation, including the Western world’s neoliberal economic ideology, failures to distribute the burdens of adaptation, dysfunctional international institutions, and weak global norms of multilateral problem solving. Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 The sprawling bureaucracy created a system more beholden to radical political ideology than advancing America's core national interests. Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025 But their dislike seems to be at least partly rooted in ideology. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 18 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
  • Church doctrine calls for the pope to be buried four to six days after his death, unless there are extenuating circumstances.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Conservative Catholics in America charged that Francis’ doctrine of inclusion was damaging the church and depriving the faithful.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That rapid transformation is embedded in one business philosophy of Hart’s: flexibility.
    Xandra Harbet, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025
  • That same philosophy also guides our thinking beyond individual stocks.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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 30 Apr. 2025.

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