ideology
Academic Word List, sublist 7.
About 18.68 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
A dictatorship bans things, that do not conform to its ideology, to secure its reign.
- noun The study of the origin and nature of ideas.
Similar words
political orientation political theory ism ideological doctrine creed philosophy idea belief concept
Often followed by
of and in is that was as which to
Word family
idealogies idealogy ideological ideologically ideologies ideologist ideologists
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