Definitions
imaginary or visionary theorization
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“A dictatorship bans things, that do not conform to its ideology, to secure its reign.”
“This article examines how these three scholars use the term "Occitan" and ideologies of Occitanism to characterize southern France, and how such ideologies reflect the intellectual traditions in which they write.”
“Ideology constantly gets in the way. For the Government, unions are militant "Trots" out to cause political trouble. For the unions, the private sector is a grasping, evil leech. Neither is true.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Political worldview”8 letters
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