ideology
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
Example
“A dictatorship bans things, that do not conform to its ideology, to secure its reign.”
Other meanings
The study of the origin and nature of ideas.
Related words
- ideologeme
- ideologism
- subideology
- gender ideology
- ideologic
- ideological
- ideologically
- ideologist
- ideolog
- ideologue
- ideologisation
- ideologise
Example sentences
Word history
From French "idéologie".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “ideology” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.