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Ideology

//ˌaɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group. countable, uncountable

    "A dictatorship bans things, that do not conform to its ideology, to secure its reign."

  2. 2
    imaginary or visionary theorization wordnet
  3. 3
    The study of the origin and nature of ideas. uncountable
  4. 4
    an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation wordnet

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.

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