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The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s that are political ideologies. Sample elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RepublicanPartyIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr3HZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RightistIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pacifism</a>, etc. PoliticalBeliefSystem political ideology ideology political beliefs political belief platform platforms political orientations political ideologies political orientation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology The collection of political ideologies that accept and advocate initiating violence as a legitimate solution to otherwise non-violent religious, cultural, and political disputes in which agression has not been threatened. Examples include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvfeIIpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Trotskyism</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv_d4PpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Maoism</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP2Gc5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GermanNaziIdeology</a>. militant ideology MilitantBeliefs <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_wKrDhhiEdyAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">WesternIdeology</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> associated with agents -- groups, regimes, or individuals -- who have a positive vested interest (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjo9pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">positiveVestedInterest</a>) in western countries (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXKxx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternCountry</a>). WesternIdeology Western ideology pro-choice ideology An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>. One who has <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsLmlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProLifeIdeology</a> as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a> holds that at least some intentional abortions (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1qEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Abortion_Intentional</a>) ought to be a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXkfepwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LegalAction</a>. ProChoiceIdeology Anaximander's beliefs that everything was composed of an infinite indeterminate substance and in the existence of a cosmic order. AnaximandersPhilosophy Anaximanders philosophy <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rEqY9NBhdEdyAAAACs6hRXg" class="cyc_term">AntiWesternIdeology</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> associated with agents -- groups, regimes, or individuals -- who have a negative vested interest (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj_gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">negativeVestedInterest</a>) in western countries (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXKxx5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">WesternCountry</a>). AntiWesternIdeology anti-Western ideology anti-communist ideology AnticommunistIdeology A belief that <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0EZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Communism</a> is a pernicious belief system, and one that must be resisted. An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>. Agents with this ideology advocate signficant government intervention in capitalist economies to ameliorate inequality of material resources among citizens. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvohK1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Liberalism_SocialDemocratic</a> should not be confused with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rj31J0JPjQdidv7k5fHgNdA" class="cyc_term">Liberalism_Classical</a> (q.v.). social democratic liberalism Liberalism-SocialDemocratic anarchism Anarchism <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDrSsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Anarchism</a> is a political theory which posits the authority of government is unnecessary and not desirable. A society in which people should freely associate and cooperate voluntarily is advocated. A person who believes in <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwDrSsJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Anarchism</a> prefers <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r3_FyCG2gEdaAAACgyZzFrg" class="cyc_term">Anarchy</a> over any other system of government. AntiAmericanIdeology <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r3tUBQvdCQdadkN_n8Jod9w" class="cyc_term">AntiAmericanIdeology</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> associated with agents -- groups, regimes, or individuals -- who have a negative vested interest (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj_gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">negativeVestedInterest</a>) in the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVikKpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a>. anti-American ideology Marxism-Leninism The variant of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0EZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Communism</a> developed by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnqsu5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">VladimirLenin</a>. Marxism-Leninism Milesian School belief MilesianSchoolBeliefs The beliefs common to the various schools and subschools of philosophy before <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJ5pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Socrates</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJX5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Plato</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViJoJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Aristotle</a> Epicureanism A school of ancient Greek philosophy founded by <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv6FRs5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Epicurus</a>. EpicureanSchoolBeliefs NationalistIdeology Agents with this ideology profess and practice loyalty to their nation of citizenship, and promote its culture, language, and status among nations over that of any other nation. nationalism ProLifeIdeology An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>. One who has <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvsLmlZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ProLifeIdeology</a> as a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a> holds that intentional abortions (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP1qEpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Abortion_Intentional</a>) ought to be an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvnndOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IllegalAction</a>. pro-life ideology libertarianism An instance of <font color="#ff0000">#$PoliticalBeliefs</font>. Agents having this ideology advocate laissez faire economics and an extremely limited federal government whose primary functions are national defense, protection from violent crime, and the enforcement of contracts. Libertarianism AntiIsraelIdeology anti-Israeli ideology <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4ra_p5qsFrQdiKibELRUAyLQ" class="cyc_term">AntiIsraelIdeology</a> is a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>s associated with agents -- groups, regimes, or individuals -- who have a negative vested interest (see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVj_gpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">negativeVestedInterest</a>) in the state of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a>. conservative ideology Conservatism An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>. Agents with this ideology place an emphasis on the value of stability and tradition in politics, and are generally skeptical of proposals to radically reshape society via government policies. In the United States, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvXQ3xJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Conservatism</a> is associated with laissez faire economics, opposition to abortion, and other particular policies, but none of these is essential to the ideology itself. socialism Socialism The socialistic ideology. The socialistic ideology of Bill Jones is an instance of this ideology. We ca view this unit as some sort of prototypical socialistic ideology. Democratic party ideology DemocraticPartyIdeology The ideology typically held by those persons who are members of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVifoZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DemocraticParty_US</a> in the U. S. A. RightistIdeology Agents with this ideology advocate traditional, conservative, often authoritarian government; they are resistant to change from established policies and practices. rightist ideology Liberalism-Classical classical liberalism An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>. Agents with this ideology emphasize individual liberty and the importance of limiting a government's power over its citizens. Famous classical liberals include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv22Uv5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">JohnLocke</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwSxnQZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AdamSmith</a>, and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwPzTm5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ThomasJefferson</a>. <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rj31J0JPjQdidv7k5fHgNdA" class="cyc_term">Liberalism_Classical</a> should not be confused with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvohK1ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Liberalism_SocialDemocratic</a> (q.v.). An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>. Agents with this ideology advocate political, social, and economic equality for women. Feminism feminism Fascism An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>. Agents with this ideology hold, following <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwJBifJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BenitoMussolini</a>, that the state, being more important than the individual, should exert near-total control over the activities of its citizens. fascism Pacifism pacifism Agents holding pacifist beliefs are opposed to violence. Extreme pacifists are opposed to it in any circumstance. GreenBeliefs green politics A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a> known especially for its emphasis on environmental values. In Europe the ''Four Pillars'' of the Green Movement are ecology, grassroots democracy, social responsibility, and nonviolence. In North America, the ''Ten Key Values of the Greens'' are social justice, community-based economics, nonviolence, decentralization, sustainability, feminism, personal and global responsibility, respect for diversity, grassroots democracy, and ecological wisdom. democracy Agents with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwO5m2pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">DemocraticRepublicanIdeology</a> favor governmental decisions being decided by the populace or their elected representatives. DemocraticRepublicanIdeology A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> according to which the unification of church and state should be disestablished. This <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a> presupposes, of course, a unification of church and state. Disestablishmentarianism Disestablishmentarianism Agents with this ideology support traditional government, whatever that means for their situation; they often oppose laws that change current structures or governing philosophies if the current government is not repressive. They support relaxation of repression, but oppose revolutionary change or action in the streets. centrism CentristPoliticalIdeology Abolitionism <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv0ZsHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Abolitionism</a> is a political theory which advocates the abolition of slavery [see <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rv-2R7JwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Slave</a>]. abolitionism IslamicNationalistIdeology <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvr_GiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslamicNationalistIdeology</a> is a kind of of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> associated with agents who advocate the formation of Islamic states in regions inhabited by adherents of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjLJZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Islam</a>. Agents who have an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvr_GiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslamicNationalistIdeology</a> may also have an <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvi3q-5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslamicSocietyIdeology</a>. Islamic nationalism imperialism A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> which holds that it is morally and/or legally proper for some nations to extend control over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires. Imperialism leftism A collection of ideologies that place an emphasis on the value of progress and equality in politics, and are generally in favor of proposals to reshape society via government policies. In the United States, a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr3JJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">LeftistIdeology</a> is associated with minority rights, downward distribution of wealth, cultural pluralism, and other particular policies, but none of these is essential to the ideology itself. LeftistIdeology AnaximenesPhilosophy Anaximenes' belief that all things are composed of some form of air Anaximenes philosophy An instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>. Agents with this ideology hold, following <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwKXGbJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">KarlMarx</a>, that in a capitalist economy the working class (i.e. the proletariat) is exploited by those who control the means of production (i.e. the bourgeoisie). Adherents of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvhipO5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Marxism</a> are often (but not necessarily) adherents of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0EZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Communism</a> (q.v.). Marxism Marxism capitalism Capitalism Capitalism: a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a>. Communism communism The ideology held by those persons who are members of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViyzZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">CommunistParty</a>. PanArabism A belief system aimed at the unification of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjJo5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">EthnicGroupOfArabs</a>, possibly in the form of a single country. It is largely characterized by a desire to end Western influence in the Middle East and by a hostility toward the state of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvViP55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Israel</a>. It should be differentiated with <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvr_GiZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">IslamicNationalistIdeology</a>, since <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4cGNPuJuEdmAAAACs4vPlg" class="cyc_term">PanArabism</a> is characterized by its relation to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r4UUU6OJuEdmAAAACs4vPlg" class="cyc_term">Secularism_Political</a> and <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUXpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Socialism</a>, but it is very similar to <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r-BPZ7u5XEdmAAAACs4vPlg" class="cyc_term">ArabNationalism</a>, except that Arab Nationalists are not characterized by their desire for a single state. Pan-Arabism This is the ideology of the Taliban militas. Like so many of the new movements in the Middle Eastern Islamic World, this ideaology is in fact a novum by forming an interesting mixture between fundamentalist Sunni Islam and Maoism. TalibanIdeology the Taliban's Ideology Colonialism A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> which holds that it is morally and/or legally proper for some nations to extend their sovereignty over territory and people outside their boundaries. colonialism progressivism A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a> that emphasises peace and justice, while supporting environmental and feminist causes and opposing bias against people for racial, religious, sexual orientation, immigration status, or other such reasons. Progressivism Agents with this ideology consider the interests of their nation more important than the interests of other nations and often more important than the individual rights of the citizens of their nation. Nationalistic Belief System NationalisticBeliefSystem RepublicanPartyIdeology Republican party ideology The ideology held by those persons who are members of the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjF55wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RepublicanParty_US</a>. The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s that are political ideologies. Sample elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RepublicanPartyIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr3HZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RightistIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pacifism</a>, etc. PoliticalBeliefSystem political ideology Attitude-Topic A <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rAmoSCGJbQdiSXZJvYiNhkQ" class="cyc_term">CycVocabularyTopic</a> and a <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rtGXkHpNaEdqAAAACs0uFOQ" class="cyc_term">KBDependentCollection</a>. attitude-topic The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s that are political ideologies. Sample elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RepublicanPartyIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr3HZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RightistIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pacifism</a>, etc. PoliticalBeliefSystem political ideology belief system A specialization of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvf9sZJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">AspatialInformationStore</a>. Each instance of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a> is an ideology (systems of belief) in terms of which an agent characterizes (i.e., makes sense of) the world. Instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a> include: <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVicUZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Vegetarianism</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwP2Gc5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">GermanNaziIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RepublicanPartyIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi0EZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Communism</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pacifism</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkAT5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Atheism</a>, etc. See also <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwNgIyZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">ClassificationSystem</a>. BeliefSystem The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s that are political ideologies. Sample elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RepublicanPartyIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr3HZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RightistIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pacifism</a>, etc. PoliticalBeliefSystem political ideology Pretty String (<a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> TERM STRING) means that STRING is the English word or expression (sequence of words) commonly used to refer to TERM. The predicate <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwLSVCpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">prettyString</a> is used by the code which generates CycL to English paraphrases, but its applicability is not restricted to this use. prettyString The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s that are political ideologies. Sample elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RepublicanPartyIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr3HZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RightistIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pacifism</a>, etc. PoliticalBeliefSystem political ideology The class of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s that are political ideologies. Sample elements of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjUHpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PoliticalBeliefSystem</a> include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjOhpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RepublicanPartyIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr3HZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">RightistIdeology</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rwQr8hZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Pacifism</a>, etc. PoliticalBeliefSystem political ideology type of belief system BeliefSystemType The collection of all the kinds of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s -- religious, philosophical, political, ethical, cultural, and scientific. Some elements of this collection include <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVkCHZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">Religion</a>, <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVjXOZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">PhilosophyBeliefs</a>, etc. The most general member of this set is <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvVi9R5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">BeliefSystem</a>s (qv). The collection of all instances of <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4r_4bScKNtQdiVw7XtX-HN0Q" class="cyc_term">ClarifyingCollectionType</a> that are used by the <a href="http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/Mx4rvYbXiJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA" class="cyc_term">QueryAugmentationApplication</a> to resolve natural language ambiguities. QAClarifyingCollectionType QA clarifying collection type