Creed and Philosophy

Creed

Creed noun - The basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group.

Usage example: 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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Philosophy and creed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Philosophy" instead a noun "Creed".

Philosophy noun - The basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group.

Usage example: our philosophy is to do no harm to anyone

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Creed and philosophy are semantically related. You can use "Creed" instead a noun "Philosophy".

particular	particular creed	particular philosophy
original	original creed	original philosophy
entire	entire creed	entire philosophy
little	little creed	little philosophy
Other adjectives: bad, main, personal, moral, ancient, new, religious, official, Christian, Confucian.

Such as when Dutch asks what he thinks of the whole White Power neo-nazi philosophy, only for Benny to point out that as a Jew "Fuck the Nazis" is basically a family creed.

Source: Token White
The titular creed's tenets of "Nothing is true, everything is permitted" define this philosophy.

Source: Hitman with a Heart
However, they are also philosophists, following strongly to a collectivist creed of striving for the Greater Good, believing that they should share this philosophy with every other sentient in the galaxy and that Utopia Justifies the Means in doing so.

Source: Scary Amoral Religion

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