ideology
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credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, gospel, philosophy, testament
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The liberals, having ruined this once great state and no longer being able to afford to live here, are leaving like rats deserting a sinking ship and taking their ideologies with them to ruin the rest of the country. — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, "Letter: Liberals who ruined this great state now can’t afford to stay," 16 Aug. 2019 White extremist ideology isn’t entirely to blame for mass shootings and other violence in recent years. — New York Times, "Fact Check: Tucker Carlson Falsely Calls White Supremacy a ‘Hoax’," 8 Aug. 2019 Speaking on the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazis, Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski compared the promotion of gay rights with the totalitarian ideologies which Poland had endured during the 20th century. — The Economist, "Church leaders in central and eastern Europe remain surprisingly loth to condemn their old adversary," 11 Aug. 2019 But groups with similar ideologies are on the rise, and some blame President Trump. — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, "Tucker Carlson's fellow Fox News host Shepard Smith says 'white nationalism is real'," 8 Aug. 2019 In the film, Morris grapples with Bannon's ideology and methodology and suggests that ignoring the political strategist is more dangerous than engaging him. — Tatiana Siegel, The Hollywood Reporter, "Controversial Steve Bannon Doc Finally Scores Theatrical Release (Exclusive)," 7 Aug. 2019 All were built after World War II to cheaply house the masses in a way that jived with communist ideology. — Laura Mallonee, WIRED, "Ugly or Beautiful? The Housing Blocks Communism Left Behind," 6 Aug. 2019 That set of instincts — her preference for narrow, tactile proposals over grandly ambitious ones, her facility with procedure and unease with ideology — defines her approach to politics, according to Ms. Harris and her closest associates. — Alexander Burns, New York Times, "What Kamala Harris Believes," 27 July 2019 In the early months of the 2020 presidential campaign, that has been enough — especially as Democratic voters make clear that their most significant factor in picking a nominee has less to do with ideology than electability. — Juana Summers, chicagotribune.com, "Democrats debate, Part II: Clash of the front-runners," 27 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ideology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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