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ideol·ogy (ī′dē äl′ə jē, id′ē-)
noun pl. ideologies -·gies
- Archaic the study of the nature and origin of ideas
- thinking or theorizing of an idealistic, abstract, or impractical nature; fanciful speculation
- the doctrines, opinions, or way of thinking of an individual, class, etc.; specif., the body of ideas on which a particular political, economic, or social system is based
Related Forms:
- ideological i′deo·log′i·cal adjective or ideologic i′deo·log′ic
- ideologically i′deo·log′ically adverb
- ideologist i′deol′o·gist noun
- ideologize i′deol′o·gize′ transitive verb ideologized -·gized′, ideologizing -·giz′·ing
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Preposition: of
- individualism: We repent that by confining the Spirit to the soul, we have justified the ideology of individualism.
Converse of object
- espouse: How can the state be racist and espouse an ideology of multiculturalism?
Adjective modifier
- dominant: As in any attempt to change a dominant ideology, I expect there will be casualties.
Modifies a noun
- critique: Third, the article concludes by building an incipient theory of ideology as utopia, or the utopian moment of ideology critique.
Noun used with modifier
- supremacist: The whupping of White supremacist ideology by the triumphs of Black athletes, in particular boxers, vexed racists.
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And what I've learned isnot to believe in magical leaders any more; that character and compassion are more important than ideology; and that even if it's absurd to think you can change things, it's even more absurd to think that it's foolish and unimportant to try.
We dislike the IRA, most of us, and fear it.We are a peaceful and democratic people.But our history, our idealistic pretensions and our fatal ambivalence have stuck us with an ideology that is warlike and anti- democratic, and calls increasingly for further human sacrifice.
The West has not lived through totalitarianism, with a single ideology for 70 years.We are escaping from the burden of the past, and onlyafter we have done that will we be ready to integrate with Europeöand Europe needs Russia.
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