noun
Freq #15103
Meanings
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A set of beliefs and ideas, especially political, held by a person or group.
The two parties are divided by opposing ideologies.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
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· a set of beliefs and ideas,...
political orientationpolitical theory
Word family
Forms
ideologies
Derived forms
ideologideologemeideologicideologicalideologicallyideologisationideologiseideologiserideologismideologistideologizationideologize
Etymology
Borrowed from French idéologie, from idéo- + -logie (equivalent to English ideo- + -logy). Cognate with, but not derived from, idea. Coined 1796 by Antoine Destutt de Tracy. Modern sense of “doctrine” attributed to use of related idéologue (“ideologue”) by Napoleon Bonaparte as a term of abuse towards political opponents in early 1800s.