ideology
- nounADJECTIVE▪ dominant, prevailing▪ official▪ competing, opposing▪
They are divided by opposing ideologies.
▪ shared▪They're rooted in a shared ideology.
▪ underlying▪the underlying ideology of neoliberalism
▪ core▪These businesses have a core ideology of which profit is but one ideal.
▪ coherent▪The party's policies were based on prejudice rather than on any coherent ideology.
▪ powerful, strong▪ narrow▪the narrow ideology of the extreme right
▪ radical▪the radical ideology of the French Revolution
▪ evil, hateful (esp. AmE)▪They share a hateful ideology that rejects tolerance.
▪ cultural, economic, gender (esp. AmE), political, racial, religious▪Gender ideology still has an important role in determining how couples allocate household tasks.
▪ bourgeois, capitalist, communist, extremist, feminist, fundamentalist, liberal, Marxist, nationalist, revolutionary, socialist, etc.VERB + IDEOLOGY▪ have▪The party had a Marxist ideology.
▪ adopt, embrace, espouse, support▪They distanced themselves from the upper class and adopted a communist ideology.
▪ promote, spread▪They want to spread their ideology of hope.
▪ impose▪an ideology imposed by an elite group
▪ share▪They share a common political ideology.
▪ base▪a unique ideology based on the concept of service
▪ challenge▪This ideology was challenged in the early twentieth century.
▪ reject
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Ideology — I de*ol o*gy, n. [Ideo + logy: cf. F. id[ e]ologie.] 1. The science of ideas. Stewart. [1913 Webster] 2. (Metaph.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation. [1913 Webster] Note: By a double blunder in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ideology — (n.) 1796, science of ideas, originally philosophy of the mind which derives knowledge from the senses (as opposed to metaphysics), from Fr. idéologie study or science of ideas, coined by French philosopher Destutt de Tracy (1754 1836) from idéo… … Etymology dictionary
ideology — was first used in the later 18c in the meaning ‘the science of ideas’, and has since filled a much needed role as a term free of religious and spiritual connotations to denote ‘a system of ideas forming the basis of an economic or political… … Modern English usage
ideology — index theory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ideology — UK US /ˌaɪdiˈɒlədʒi/ noun [C or U] (plural ideologies) POLITICS ► a particular set of ideas and beliefs, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is based: »The President called for better relations with countries whose… … Financial and business terms
ideology — [n] beliefs articles of faith*, credo, creed, culture, dogma, ideas, outlook, philosophy, principles, system, tenets, theory, view, Weltanschauung*; concepts 688,689 … New thesaurus
ideology — ► NOUN (pl. ideologies) 1) a system of ideas and ideals forming the basis of an economic or political theory. 2) the set of beliefs characteristic of a social group or individual. DERIVATIVES ideological adjective ideologically adverb ideologist… … English terms dictionary
ideology — [ī΄dē äl′ə jē, id΄ēäl′ə jē] n. pl. ideologies [Fr idéologie: see IDEO & LOGY] 1. Archaic the study of the nature and origin of ideas 2. thinking or theorizing of an idealistic, abstract, or impractical nature; fanciful speculation 3. the… … English World dictionary
Ideology — An ideology is a set of beliefs, aims and ideas, especially in politics. An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things (compare Weltanschauung), as in common sense (see Ideology in everyday society below)… … Wikipedia
Ideology — In the Communist Manifesto (1848) Karl Marx writes, “The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas,” and this is a key aspect of his theory of ideology. For Marx ideology is both a distorted view of reality and a view that… … Historical dictionary of Marxism
