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as in philosophy
the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group
central to the creed of this organization of medical volunteers is the belief that health care is a basic human right
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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 Amish live by a strict creed that rejects many of the values and practices of modern society
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Recent Examples of creed
In The New Leviathans, Gray contends that liberalism is a fundamentally erroneous creed built on dangerous myths and illusions.
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Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Grammy Award-winning singer’s cultural relevance transcends age, race, color, creed.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
Following the rally, Trump’s estranged primary rival Nikki Haley agreed to come and speak, signaling that disparate factions within the party who don’t subscribe to the America First creed are closing ranks around Trump.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 15 July 2024
Her piety was as idiosyncratic as her politics, and many creeds attracted her: Buddhism, Stoicism, Spinoza’s notion that God is nature.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Grammy Award-winning singer’s cultural relevance transcends age, race, color, creed.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
Following the rally, Trump’s estranged primary rival Nikki Haley agreed to come and speak, signaling that disparate factions within the party who don’t subscribe to the America First creed are closing ranks around Trump.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 15 July 2024
Her piety was as idiosyncratic as her politics, and many creeds attracted her: Buddhism, Stoicism, Spinoza’s notion that God is nature.
—Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creed
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At first, the girls are only in danger of being forced to listen to one man’s extremely pretentious opinions about religion, philosophy, culture, and yes, pop music, which is terrifying in itself.Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
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So, our chats about his vision, strategy, and leadership philosophy for the Ferretti Group in the global-hyper-niche-ultra-luxury-yacht building business are never boring.Bill Springer, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The curse of religion is that its faithful cannot learn objective lessons from the evidence before them.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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And how does that square with the violence of organized religion?Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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The people who dominate these institutions demographically also tend to share the dominant ideologies.Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Nov. 2024
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The Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups and movements, defines the ideology as one that suggests sheriffs have the power to circumvent the U.S. system of governmental checks and balances and make their own determinations about which laws are constitutional.Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The original film premiered to rave reviews in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006 and went on to gain cult status after its releases in Australia and New Zealand, the UK (Icon), and the US (IFC and Dimension).Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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The track comes from The Nightmare Before Christmas, the stop-motion claymation movie that’s become not just a cult classic, but a commercial success story every year.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, animation foregrounds the pictorial, which is its own aesthetic doctrine.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Russia’s nuclear doctrine holds that an attack on any element of its deterrent force justifies a nuclear response.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Creed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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