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credo

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of credo

creed, cult, faith, persuasion, religion
Words Related to credo

church, communion, denomination, sect

doctrine, dogma, theology

deism, heathenism, monotheism, paganism, pantheism, polytheism, theism
Near Antonyms of credo

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 of credo

creed, doctrine, dogma, gospel, ideology (also idealogy), philosophy, testament
Words Related to credo

manifesto

metaphysic, theory

axiom, tenet, watchword

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