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 Akin to the philosopher Baruch Spinoza’s ideology, the perfection in the composition of Smith’s images rests in his having that similarly Geometric Order in his mind with the intention of getting closer to God, Molin said. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025 He was focused on Srinivasan and his role as the promulgator of the Network State ideology, which dovetailed with other right-wing libertarian tech movements that sought to claim land and political sovereignty for tech elites. Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 Though ideology divides, there are clear areas of unity upon which to build corporate culture including a unified desire for companies to invest in local communities and drive local economic development. Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025 And in each case, the regulatory agency was employed to pressure the networks into airing content more aligned with the administration’s ideology. Michael J. Socolow, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ideology
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Noun
  • So those would be classic reliance interests in the terms of the law, in terms of legal doctrine.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The doctrine instructs that an erroneous fact in a story is not, by itself, sufficient for a defamation claim.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • At this year’s Latin Music Week, multiple companies will offer their expertise and their artists to discuss new philosophies and actions to develop artists for the long term.
    Leila Cobo, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There was an aspect to the story that really hit my heart hard in Bruno Lacombe’s radical philosophy, which posits that modern humans have lost their essential connection to the primal elements of existence.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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