The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word IDEOLOGY
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More clues leading to the result IDEOLOGY
- Philosophy old yogi developed around energy
- Starts off video blog “My World View”
- Set of beliefs old yogi developed about energy
- Sounds like science of identification, reads like freshwater fish science, but is an entire way of thinking
- Somehow you go idle abandoning university beliefs
- Teaching dog to lie properly taking time — give it a year
- Good lie concocted ending in dodgy set of beliefs
- Endless videos flog disheartened guy for abstract speculation
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The straight part
We know that "abstract speculation" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case abstract speculation = ideology.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does IDEOLOGY mean?
IDEOLOGY noun- Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
- The study of the origin and nature of ideas.