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 This may be a one-off in an area — AI and the need for the US to win — that’s less clouded by the ideology that drives the president. Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025 But have there been times when the medical consensus has been politicized, has been taken over by ideology? ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025 The question of who counts as American has been debated for generations, and people have answered it in different ways in various eras—often depending on their own background and ideology. Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025 Opponents of gender ideology say grouping the two distinctly different terms together erodes decades of progress made by the gay rights movement. Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ideology
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Noun
  • The day stands in direct opposition to the Western doctrine of discovery and the mythologizing of colonization.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Cities are still constrained by a legal doctrine from the 1870s known as Dillon’s Rule, named for a judge in Iowa, that said states control cities.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • Over the years, Edition has extended this philosophy beyond its collections by introducing podcasts, short films, print essays and live talks, creating space for dialogue rather than leaning on traditional marketing.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This essay is an installment of The Long Game, a Big Think Business column focused on the philosophy and practice of long-term thinking by Eric Markowitz, a partner at Nightview Capital.
    Big Think, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yet Weil would not surrender her conscience to any creed.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Slackers aren’t a monolith, these films suggest, and their creed is more than just a hipster variant of laziness.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Ideology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideology. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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