credo

credo

noun

Definition of CREDO

1

a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities <the credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism>

Synonyms credo, creed, cult, faith, persuasion

Related Words church, communion, denomination, sect; doctrine, dogma, theology; deism, heathenism, monotheism, paganism, pantheism, polytheism, theism

Near Antonyms agnosticism, know-nothingism; atheism, godlessness, nonbelief, secularism, unbelief

2

the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group <we must abide by the simple credo that “The customer is always right”>

Synonyms credo, doctrine, dogma, gospel, ideology (also idealogy), philosophy, testament

Related Words manifesto; metaphysic, theory; axiom, tenet, watchword