ideologic

C2+ Topic:Politics & International Affairs

US /ˌaɪdiəˈlɑdʒɪk/ UK /ˌaɪdɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
of or relating to ideology or a system of ideas

The dispute was more ideologic than personal in nature.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · of or relating to ideology... ideological doctrinal theoretical

Opposites

pragmaticnonpartisan

Word family

Derived forms ideologically

Related forms ideologyideologueidea

Etymology

From ideology + -ic, from French ideologie, from Ancient Greek idea ('form, idea') + -logia ('study of'), from logos ('word, reason').

idea Latin logos Ancient Greek

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Topics

Politics & International Affairs Word Formation & Derivatives

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# ideologic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌaɪdiəˈlɑdʒɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌaɪdɪəˈlɒdʒɪk/

## Meanings
1. of or relating to ideology or a system of ideas

## Examples
- The dispute was more ideologic than personal in nature.

## Synonyms
- ideological
- doctrinal
- theoretical

## Antonyms
- pragmatic
- nonpartisan

## Derived Forms
- ideologically

## Related Forms
- ideology
- ideologue
- idea

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: idea
- Root: logos

## Etymology
From ideology + -ic, from French ideologie, from Ancient Greek idea ('form, idea') + -logia ('study of'), from logos ('word, reason').

## AI Etymology
ideologic comes from ideology + -ic, from French ideologie, from Ancient Greek idea ('form, idea') + -logia ('study of'), from logos ('word, reason'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adjective sense is "of or relating to ideology or a system of ideas", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as ideology, ideologue, and idea, and in derivatives such as ideologically. Its semantic neighborhood includes ideological, doctrinal, and theoretical, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Ancient Greek idea and Ancient Greek logos.

## Topics
- Politics & International Affairs
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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