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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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Recent Examples of credo
Their credo is to decapitate, torture, kill and celebrate.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
At the time, the cleansing-fire credo was slower spreading to America, where the war came later and cost much less, and, indeed, ushered in something like yet another Gilded Age, the Jazz Age of the twenties, built on cheap credit and with its own cast of tycoon characters.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The operating credo at the outset of the Trump Administration has a transactional, Tammany Hall logic: there is no rule except power.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
That credo that guided both her teaching and her artmaking.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
At the time, the cleansing-fire credo was slower spreading to America, where the war came later and cost much less, and, indeed, ushered in something like yet another Gilded Age, the Jazz Age of the twenties, built on cheap credit and with its own cast of tycoon characters.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
The operating credo at the outset of the Trump Administration has a transactional, Tammany Hall logic: there is no rule except power.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2025
That credo that guided both her teaching and her artmaking.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credo
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Books The Faithless Generation Paul Baumann Traditional religion thrives in stable communities, not a world where innovators aim to ‘break things.’ Books Lies, Damned Lies, and Ideology John O’Sullivan The ideological lie persists, demanding compulsion to enforce its vision.—
Mary Katharine Ham,
National Review,
17 Apr. 2025
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Huge ideas concerning faith and religion also don’t amount to much.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2025
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Leipold, in a news conference on Friday, had some words that helped explain his overall recruiting philosophy.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2025
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Rudnev spread his philosophy and recruited followers through yoga classes, Russian authorities investigating the case told RIA Novosti.—
Betiana Fernández Martino and Hira Humayan,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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Several of these involve a furtive religious cult known as the Scars — its adherents have a way of pussyfooting through the forest and doing absolutely horrible things to nonbelievers.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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According to Argentina prosecutor Fernando Arrigo, the pregnant woman may have been a victim of Rudnev’s Ashram Shambala, an organization described by Russian authorities as a cult.—
Betiana Fernández Martino and Hira Humayan,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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In contrast, his Abundance ideology promotes reducing regulations and removing bottlenecks in housing construction.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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That’s a proper enough ideology to me.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Apr. 2025
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For its 38,000 citizens, and the many visitors that travel to the second smallest country in the world, Mammon may appear to be the ruling creed.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Mar. 2025
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The basis of the American creed is that all of us are created equal, not that we are created alike.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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Church doctrine calls for the pope to be buried four to six days after his death, unless there are extenuating circumstances.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Church doctrine calls for the pope to be buried four to six days after his death; the timing of Francis’ funeral has yet to be announced.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Credo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credo. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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