ideology

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /aɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ UK /ˌaɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/ See IPA manual

Freq #15103

Meanings

1

noun
A set of beliefs and ideas, especially political, held by a person or group.

The two parties are divided by opposing ideologies.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a set of beliefs and ideas,... political orientationpolitical theory

Word family

Forms ideologies

Derived forms ideologideologemeideologic ideological ideologicallyideologisationideologiseideologiserideologismideologistideologizationideologize

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.

Topics

People & Society Philosophy & Reasoning

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# ideology

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /aɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌaɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/
**Frequency rank:** 15103

## Meanings
1. A set of beliefs and ideas, especially political, held by a person or group.

## Examples
- The two parties are divided by opposing ideologies.

## Derived Forms
- ideolog
- ideologeme
- ideologic
- ideological
- ideologically
- ideologisation
- ideologise
- ideologiser
- ideologism
- ideologist
- ideologization
- ideologize

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Ideology is 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. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main sense is “A set of beliefs and ideas, especially political, held by a person or group”.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Philosophy & Reasoning

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