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nouna belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or schooltype of:
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teaching philosophy democracy belief gospel millennium imitation doctrine commandment creed nationalism feminism credo dogma cabalism individualism humanism precept freethinking creationism nihilism dynamism pacifism expansionism dualism pluralism rationalism asceticism populism secularism utilitarianism formalism passivism abolitionism egalitarianism functionalism humanitarianism absolutism multiculturalism unilateralism philosophical system school of thought amoralism animalism animism antiestablishmentarianism antiestablishmentism church doctrine contextualism descriptivism divine right divine right of kings epicureanism equalitarianism establishmentarianism establishmentism ethicism girondism gymnosophy internationalism irredentism irridentism kabbalism laissez faire literalism majority rule monism nuclear deterrence pacificism phenomenology philosophical doctrine philosophical theory prescriptivism presentism reformism reincarnationism religious doctrine secessionism secular humanism states' rights theological doctrine