Ideology
Ideology noun - The basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group.
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Synonyms for Ideology
Religion and ideology are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Religion" instead a noun "Ideology".
Religion
Religion noun - A body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities.
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How words are described
| human | human ideology | human religion |
| good | good ideology | good religion |
| particular | particular ideology | particular religion |
| similar | similar ideology | similar religion |
| Other adjectives: specific, certain, separate, current, single, popular, actual, entire, distinct, real, main, personal, new, dominant, political, former, official, different, catholic, modern. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Yep. People go crazy, gets hooked on drugs, trying to make a meaningful existence through some sort of religion or ideology?
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By the time Europe entered the modern era, its major in-group out-group distinctions had crystalised into the concepts of Religion/Ideology, Nation, and Race.
Source: Useful Notes / The Holocaust -
Death is the winner in any war Nothing noble in dying for your religion For your country For ideology, for faith For another man?
Source: War Is Glorious
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