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Audio Help [ahy-dee-ol-uh-jee, id-ee-] Pronunciation Key | 1. | the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group. |
| 2. | such a body of doctrine, myth, etc., with reference to some political and social plan, as that of fascism, along with the devices for putting it into operation. |
| 3. | Philosophy.
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| 4. | theorizing of a visionary or impractical nature. |
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ideology
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| i·de·ol·o·gy
Audio Help (ī'dē-ŏl'ə-jē, ĭd'ē-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. i·de·ol·o·gies
[French idéologie : idéo-, ideo- + -logie, -logy.] i'de·ol'o·gist n. |
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ideology
"Ideology ... is usually taken to mean, a prescriptive doctrine that is not supported by rational argument." [D.D. Raphael, "Problems of Political Philosophy," 1970]
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| ideology | |
noun | |
| 1. | an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation [syn: political orientation] |
| 2. | imaginary or visionary theorization |
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ideology [(eye-dee-ol-uh-jee, id-ee-ol-uh-jee)]
A system of beliefs or theories, usually political, held by an individual or a group. Capitalism, communism, and socialism are usually called ideologies.
[Chapter:] World Politics
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- The body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, a group, a class, or a culture.
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Main Entry: ide·ol·o·gy
Pronunciation: "Id-E-'äl-&-jE, "id-
Variant: also ide·al·o·gy
/-'äl-&-jE, -'al-/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
1 : a systematic body of concepts especially about human life or
culture
2 : a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture —ideo·log·i·cal also
idea·log·i·cal /"Id-E-&-'läj-i-k&l/ adjective —ideo·log·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/
adverb
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Ideology
I`de*ol"o*gy\, n. [Ideo- + -logy: cf. F. id['e]ologie.]1. The science of ideas. --Stewart. 2. (Metaph.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation. Note: By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek, id['e]ologie . . . has in France become the name peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of mind which exclusively derives our knowledge from sensation. --Sir W. Hamilton.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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