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 And despite tensions in the race becoming more heated in recent weeks, the DNC leadership race was focused very little on ideology, evidenced by the lack of marquee names that would likely be known to an average voter. Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 1 Feb. 2025 With its enthusiastic but critical portrait of Cuba’s revolutionary ideology and postrevolutionary order, her work exemplifies an ideal fusion of analytical, personal, and empathetic cinema. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025 Federal employees at multiple departments were instructed Friday to remove personal pronouns from their email signatures by 5 p.m. as agencies rushed to carry out President Donald Trump's executive order not to promote gender ideology. Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025 First, Trump is not anchored in ideology but driven by pragmatism. Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ideology 
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Noun
  • What Clarence Thomas Has Said on Obergefell Thomas, the court's most conservative judge, wrote in a dissenting opinion in Obergefell that the majority opinion stretched the doctrine of substantive due process rights found in the Fourteenth Amendment too far.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Christian doctrine teaches that at the end of time, God will restore each person’s body, reuniting it with their soul.
    Therese Cory, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
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  • The brand’s philosophy transcends product creation.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The new economic philosophy that dominated during the Biden years emphasized demand over supply.
    Jason Furman, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
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  • But envisioning those creeds stenciled into the end zones moves me to imagine a different kind of Super Bowl that might be played tomorrow.
    Scott Simon, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Indeed, perhaps the only thing that binds people of all races, creeds, and colors together is the universal insistence that the end is nigh.
    George Pendle, airmail.news, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Ideology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideology. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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