ideology
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˌaɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː//
- United Kingdom//ˌɑj.dɪjˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒɪj//
- United States//aɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi//
- United States//ɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi//
- Australia//ˌɑɪ.diːˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒiː//
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
noun
- 1
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
A dictatorship bans things, that do not conform to its ideology, to secure its reign.
This article examines how these three scholars use the term "Occitan" and ideologies of Occitanism to characterize southern France, and how such ideologies reflect the intellectual traditions in which they write.
Ideology constantly gets in the way. For the Government, unions are militant "Trots" out to cause political trouble. For the unions, the private sector is a grasping, evil leech. Neither is true.
- 2
The study of the origin and nature of ideas.
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.
Forms
- plural
- ideologies
ideology · Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
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