Ideologeme
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A fundamental unit of ideology.
"So we will show in what follows that Frye's entire discussion of romance turns on a presupposition—the ethical axis of good and evil—which needs to be historically problematized in its turn, and which will prove to be an ideologeme that articulates a social and historical contradiction."
Example
More examples"So we will show in what follows that Frye's entire discussion of romance turns on a presupposition—the ethical axis of good and evil—which needs to be historically problematized in its turn, and which will prove to be an ideologeme that articulates a social and historical contradiction."
Etymology
From ideology + -eme.
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