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 Despite splitting from al-Qaeda in 2017, HTS's ideology retained a heavy jihadist influence, and the group is currently classified as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, the U.S, Russia, the U.K. and several other countries. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 And catharsis may be what viewers need even more than escape in a world of relentless news about war, intolerance and fractured ideologies. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024 At Michigan, which embraced DEI ideology as much as any other school, the university did not previously have an institution-wide policy on DEI statements in hiring, which allowed units of the university to solicit such statements. The Editors, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024 As with any artistic project that focuses on extremism and mass violence, The Order’s production team walked a fine line between showing Mathews’ magnetism and the murderous project at the heart of his ideology and actions. Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ideology 
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  • Read: The collapse of the Khamenei doctrine The end of the Axis is good news.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Russia updated its nuclear doctrine last month to justify a nuclear strike in response to an attack on Russia by a non-nuclear country, if they are backed by a nuclear-armed nation.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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  • In his first term, Trump helped form conservative majorities in six federal appellate courts and entrenched a conservative judiciary at the nation’s highest court that embraced originalist legal philosophies held closely by stalwart figures such as Scalia.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
  • These are two differing political and economic philosophies which should not be confused.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
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  • While both works are certainly about Christmas, the songs' lighthearted jazz has permeated pop culture to a point that nearly all of us can enjoy them, regardless of faith or creed.
    Stephanie Kaloi and James Mercadante, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • And yet through it all, their loyalty to Cora has been their clearest creed.
    Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 24 July 2024

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“Ideology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideology. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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