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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahy-dee-ol-uh-jee, id-ee-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌaɪ diˈɒl ə dʒi, ˌɪd i-

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Origin :
  • 1796, "science of ideas," originally "philosophy of the mind which derives knowledge from the senses" (as opposed to metaphysics), from French idéologie "study or science of ideas," coined by French philosopher Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836) from idéo- "of ideas," from Greek idea (see idea) + -logy. Later used in a sense "impractical theorizing" (1813). Meaning "systematic set of ideas, doctrines" first recorded 1909.
  • Ideology ... is usually taken to mean, a prescriptive doctrine that is not supported by rational argument. [D.D. Raphael, "Problems of Political Philosophy," 1970]
  • noun beliefs
Example sentences :
  • They should be destroyed because their ideology does not agree with yours.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • In an age when money is the only ideology – they did not adhere to the party line.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • It is a philosophy, an ideology, a way of life, a mentality and a personality.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • The ideology of the various groups and parties had hardly changed.
  • Extract from : « Our Revolution » by Leon Trotzky
  • The role of ideology in modern government has suffered curious neglect among students of politics for a considerable time.
  • Extract from : « Government in Republican China » by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  • The ideology called Confucian is not identical with Confucianism as the philosophic system proper.
  • Extract from : « Government in Republican China » by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  • The world of fact in the Confucian ideology does not correspond with the beliefs accepted as fact by the dominant West.
  • Extract from : « Government in Republican China » by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  • What they won, they won themselves; and they learned something for which the Confucian ideology had no place.
  • Extract from : « Government in Republican China » by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  • The Nationalists began to feel the necessity of an ideology with which to replace that of the Confucian monarchy.
  • Extract from : « Government in Republican China » by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  • The ideology which the Nationalists were to teach was one which had lain dormant in the party for more than thirty years.
  • Extract from : « Government in Republican China » by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

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