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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 credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism
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Recent Examples of credo
Later, Pratt provides a personal credo that would prompt many political consultants to hand in their resignations.
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Their credo is fear — fear of the future, fear of the stranger, fear of change.
—Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
The film is clearly awed by Ann Lee’s vision, but — in a way almost completely unique to a modern rendering of a religious figure — refuses to pass any moral judgment whatsoever about her credo.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Dec. 2025
That credo reasserts itself as Polly begins to be haunted by visions of her loved ones.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
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Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026
Their credo is fear — fear of the future, fear of the stranger, fear of change.
—Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
The film is clearly awed by Ann Lee’s vision, but — in a way almost completely unique to a modern rendering of a religious figure — refuses to pass any moral judgment whatsoever about her credo.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Dec. 2025
That credo reasserts itself as Polly begins to be haunted by visions of her loved ones.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for credo
Noun
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No nation can truly represent a religion.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Brian Kaylor, a Baptist pastor and president and editor-in-chief of Word&Way, a progressive site covering faith and politics, said that while the Continental Congress did call for a day of prayer, the founders crafted the Constitution to prevent the establishment of religion.—
Peter Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Critics portray the movement as politically motivated, but many athletes and parents involved insist their concerns center on competition rather than ideology.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Prosecutors described Chkhikvishvili as the leader of the Maniac Murder Cult, an international extremist group that adheres to a neo-Nazi ideology promoting violence intended to trigger a racial and religious war.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Noun
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For context, while Everlane became a near cult-brand in the late 2010s, its popularity and prosperity seemed to slowly decline year-on-year post-Covid-19.—
Clara Ludmir,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Many interviewees likened Unusual Tuesdays to church, a cult or a religious movement.—
Christopher Buchanan,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Masterman, who studied philosophy and language with Wittgenstein, was, in 1956, the founder and director of the Cambridge Language Research Unit.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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For many passengers on board, though, the appeal felt simpler than the industry's strategy or design philosophy.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Musk is currently embroiled in a court battle against OpenAI, accusing CEO Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of abandoning the company’s original nonprofit creed of developing open-source AI to benefit humans by turning it into a for-profit entity.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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But Fredrik Berselius’s cooking is too weird and wild to fit the bounds of one creed.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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“Credo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credo. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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