ideologies

variants also idealogies
plural of ideology
as in philosophies
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 ideologies While this has always been the case, the AI boom and geopolitical tensions have made balancing these two ideologies an urgent matter, Persson suggested. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 July 2026 Justices, like any other public figures or political beings, sometimes see their ideologies and policy preferences evolve over time. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 July 2026 Why not make another mythological story, with your own sensibilities and ideologies baked into it? Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026 Active citizenship can defeat intolerant ideologies in debate and at the ballot box. Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Wagner suspects there are ties to the Active Club network, whose adult male members bond over white nationalist ideologies through workout sessions and mixed martial arts and have been associated with Patriot Front. Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 25 June 2026 However, Concha argued that democratic socialist ideologies will not resonate in swing states like Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Georgia. Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026 Proper was taken by local authorities to a hospital for emergency admission based on homicidal ideologies, according to the criminal complaint. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 June 2026 At DePaul, the Bridgebuilding Fellowship, launched in 2025, aims to help students foster dialogue and connection across ideologies and differences. Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
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Noun
  • For Åkerfeldt, there were two competing philosophies driving the band’s music.
    Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
  • Both profile well for the new philosophies implemented at the plate and on the mound.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • Even Fitz-Gerald’s locker is a callback to his mom’s doctrines.
    Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • Assayas’s aesthetic is too genteel to even imagine the specifics of loathsome doctrines.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2026

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