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   ideology

   /ˌʌɪdɪˈɒlədʒi/

   noun

   • 1. a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy: "the ideology of democracy"
   • ▪ the set of beliefs characteristic of a social group or individual: "a critique of bourgeois ideology"
   • 2. the science of ideas; the study of their origin and nature. archaic
   • ▪ visionary speculation, especially of an unrealistic or idealistic nature. archaic

   Word Origin late 18th century (in ideology (sense 2)): from French idéologie, from Greek idea ‘form, pattern’ + -logos (denoting discourse or compilation).

   Derivatives

   • 1. ideologist noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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