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as in religion
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

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as in philosophy
the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group we must abide by the simple credo that "The customer is always right"

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Recent Examples of credo Such academic collaborations were not contradictory to the North Korean credo of Juche (self-reliance) but rather a means of furthering the resilience capacity of the country’s ecological system which inherently transcends borders. Saleem H. Ali, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 Art no longer belongs to its creators once it’s released — the death of the author and all that — and watching TV isn’t praxis; a series having a certain credo or dogma doesn’t automatically mean that its viewers will, too. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 June 2025 Even among more respectable children’s literature from its time, Peter was a thoughtful creation, his architects never hesitating to use his famous credo: With great power comes great responsibility. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025 And the brand’s Messenger certainly lives up to this credo. Barry Samaha, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for credo
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Noun
  • Kirk began taking questions, first one about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Utah’s dominant religion, then another by a liberal TikTok user having to do with transgender people and gun violence.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • No matter your religion or your politics, this is not the answer.
    Matthew Cupelli, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Trump’s philosophies continue to be debated among Republican lawmakers and voters as to whether his more populist ideals will stick with the GOP once his long run as party leader eventually comes to a close.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • People such as Richard Florida make the city-as-business philosophy seem appealing, but there’s something bigger going on.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both flopped but have since achieved cult status.
    Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The cult-classic also starred Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • My own daughter was recruited into a radical ideology.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Cosmists who believed in technology as a messianic force clashed not just with the Svyatogor camp, but also with the communists, whose guiding ideology of Marxism-Leninism was predicated on the dismantling of age-old social systems to establish a novel world order.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • But tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Even miscreants like Steve Albini had purist creeds of conduct.
    Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
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  • Fedorov and Svyatogor represent two sides of Cosmism, which Groys writes never had a unified doctrine.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
  • If that fails, youth could back a Prime Minister from outside Parliament, invoking the doctrine of necessity—though this risks overstepping constitutional limits.
    Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Credo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credo. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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