ideology

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
2. (uncountable) The study of the origin and nature of ideas.

Synonyms

creed

thought

💭

philosophy

doctrine

belief

ideas

world view

political theory

world outlook

faith

political orientation

Weltanschauung

thinking

🤔

tradition

utopia

views

idealogue

ideological system

chimera

concept

credo

cult

idea

💡

ideologies

notion

opinion

principle

sense

tenet

Translations

idéologie

ideología

Ideologie

ideologia

ιδεολογία

ideologie

ideologia

ideologia

ideologia

ideoloji

Weltanschauung

إيديولوجيا

بیرو باوهر

îdeolojî

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌaɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/

Etymology

Borrowed from French idéologie, from idéo- + -logie (equivalent to English ideo- + -logy). Cognate with, but not derived from, idea. Coined 1796 by Antoine Destutt de Tracy. Modern sense of “doctrine” attributed to use of related idéologue (“ideologue”) by Napoleon Bonaparte as a term of abuse towards political opponents in early 1800s.