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14696832694Absurdismdoctrine that we live in an irrational universe0
14696833451AgnosticismDoctrine that we can know nothing beyond material phenomena1
14696838659AnarchismDoctrine that all governments should be abolished2
14696834991AnthropomorphismAttribution of human qualities to non-human things3
14696849523AntinomianismDoctrine of the rejection of moral law4
14696851170AsceticismDoctrine that self-denial of the body permits spiritual enlightenment5
14696855766AtheismBelief that there is no god.6
14696856041AtomismBelief that the universe consists of small indivisible particles7
14696856956BipartisanismThe state of being composed of members of two parties or of two parties cooperating, as in government8
14696858200CapitalismDoctrine that private ownership and free markets should govern economies9
14696860916CentrismAdherence to a middle-of-the-road position, neither left nor right, as in politics10
14696862736CollectivismDoctrine of communal control of means of production11
14696864864CommunismA theory or system in which all property is owned by all of the people equally with its administration vested by them in the state or in the community12
14696866463ConservatismBelief in maintaining political and social traditions13
14696867737Deismbelief in God but rejection of religion14
14696868812Determinismdoctrine that events are predetermined by preceding events or laws15
14696870566DualismDoctrine that the universe is controlled by one good and one evil force16
14696871989Egalitarianismb\Belief that humans ought to be equal in rights and privileges17
14696873602EgoismDoctrine that the pursuit of self-interest is the highest good18
14696874840EmpiricismDoctrine that the experience of the senses in the only source of knowledge19
14696877627ExistentialismDoctrine of individual human responsibility in an unfathomable universe20
14696879489FascismA political philosophy that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition21
14696884244FatalismDoctrine that events are fixed and humans are powerless22
14696884888FeminismBelief in the liberation of women in society to a social stature equal to that of men23
14696892062GnosticismBelief that freedom derives solely from knowledge24
14696894572HedonismBelief that pleasure is the highest good25
14696895045HumanismBelief that human interests and mind are paramount26
14696896027ImperialismPolicy of forcefully extending a nation's authority by territorial gain or by the establishment of economic and political dominance over other nations27
14696901771IndividualismBelief that individual interests and rights are paramount28
14696904612LibertarianismDoctrine that personal liberty is the highest value29
14696906006MarxismThe economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human nations and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change, and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism30
14696910675MaterialismBelief that matter is the only extant substance31
14696913329MonotheismBelief in only one god32
14696914138NihilismDenial of all reality; extreme skepticism33
14696916113ObjectivismA philosophical system founded by Ayn Rand, being one of several doctrines holding that all reality is objective and external to the mind and that knowledge is reliably based on observed objects and events34
14696918953PantheismBelief that the universe is God, that God is revealed in nature35
14696920668PolytheismBelief in multiple deities36
14696921701PositivismDoctrine that the which is not observable is not knowable37
14696922868PragmatismDoctrine emphasizing practical value of philosophy38
14696924134ProgressivismThe principles and practices of those advocating progress, change, or reform, especially in political matters39
14696928948RadicalismThe holding or following of principles advocating drastic political, economic, or social reforms40
14696933286RationalismBelief that reason is the fundamental source of knowledge41
14696934987SecularismThe concept that government or other entities should exist separately from religion and/or religious beliefs42
14696938484Self-DeterminismDoctrine that the actions of a self are determined by itself43
14696940814SkepticismDoctrine that true knowledge is always uncertain44
14696942157SocialismDoctrine of centralized state control of wealth and property45
14696943513SolipsismTheory that self-existence is the only certainty46
14696945371StoicismBelief in indifference to pleasure or pain47
14696946825TranscendentalismTheory that emphasizes that which transcends perception48
14696948761UtiliatarianismBelief that utility of actions determines moral value and that the goal of human conduct is happiness49

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