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catechism

noun as in test

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Vance affirms, "I’m pro-life," while ignoring that the catechism of the religion he picked out for himself holds that the death penalty is inadmissible.

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Since the 1970s, obsessive opposition to abortion has been a catechism among conservatives.

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But there’s an attitude, a worldview and a fundamental set of principles that guide the tech industry and its progeny, like a secular catechism.

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I’ve just spent a week tramping across Venice, a city of more than 250 churches, and where did I encounter the most doctrinaire catechism?

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For the last several weeks he has occasionally asked an aide to read aloud his speeches and catechism lessons to spare him the effort.

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