credo
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈkriːdoʊ/
- Formal
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credo
- My credo is, "Don't tread on me."
- an artistic credo
- a credo of their own
OK, Facts are stubborn things, and my credo in life is don't quarrel with facts.
- OK, Facts are stubborn things, and my credo in life is don't quarrel with facts.
- It's more of a more adventurous with everything and then my credo, which I'm finishing up.
- And remember I said their number one credo in life is get them before they get you.
- And you think you're, you're honoring your journalistic credo, but you're not, not on that level.
- And their credo is get them before they get me because they're coming after me.
- Now, we, we had a generation of people my age, basically people who grew up with that credo.
Examples
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As I wrote two years ago in my political credo, fiscal policy is also moral in nature.
Blog text (1) -
OK, Facts are stubborn things, and my credo in life is don't quarrel with facts.
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I say, because I live by a certain credo, do your best and forget the rest.
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And remember I said their number one credo in life is get them before they get you.
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Drink what you like, say what you want, which is my credo in life as well as here.
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That became the credo of the Democratic Party.
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Such a credo builds the core of actual quality assurance activities in schools.
Academic text (2005) -
How did we let all this happen in a nation that prides itself on its credo of freedom, equality, and democracy?
Academic text (2002) -
The Code is the cornerstone of a civilized society, the very credo upon which this nation was built.
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The majority of my generation lived by the credo our parents taught us.
Synonyms
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4.4
A set of ideas that guide how a person or group acts
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6.0
A set of beliefs taught and held by a group, for example a religion or political party
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4.4
A set of moral rules that guide how a person or group behaves
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4.5
A set of beliefs that guide a person or group
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7.7
A belief or idea leaders expect everyone to accept without question
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2.3
Ideas about what is right and wrong that guide how people behave
Religious beliefs that people accept as true
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Etymology
Credo comes from the Latin word credere, which means 'to believe', and the Latin form credo literally means 'I believe'. So a credo is like a personal 'I believe' — a short set of beliefs or principles someone lives by, similar to the English word creed.