ideology

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /aɪ.di.ˈɑl.əd.ʒi/, /ɪ.di.ˈɑl.əd.ʒi/

Etymology

From French idéologie, from idéo- + -logie.

Noun

ideology (plural ideologies)

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

Related terms

• ideologic
• ideological
• ideologically
• ideologist
• ideologue

Translations

doctrine, body of ideas

Azeri: görüş (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 意識形態 (zh), 意识形态 (zh) (yìshi xíngtài), 思想意識 (zh), 思想意识 (zh) (sīxiǎng yìshi), 思想體系 (zh), 思想体系 (zh) (sīxiǎng tǐxì) Czech: ideologie f. (pejorative) Dutch: ideologie (nl) Finnish: ideologia, aatemaailma, maailmankatsomus French: idéologie (fr) f. German: Ideologie (de) f. Greek: ιδεολογία (el) (ideología) f. Italian: ideologia (it) f.

Japanese: 観念形態 (ja) (かんねんけいたい, kannen keitai), イデオロギー (ja) (ideorogī) Khmer: មនោគមវិជ្ជា (km) (mea’noo kɔɔm vɨcchie) Korean: 이데올로기 (ko) (ideollogi) Kurdish: بیرو باوه‌ر Persian: ایدئولوژی (fa) Portuguese: ideologia (pt) f. Romanian: ideologie (ro) f., ideologii (ro) f. pl. Russian: идеология (ru) (ideológija) f., мировоззрение (ru) (mirovozzrénije) n. Spanish: ideología (es) f. Swedish: ideologi (sv) c.

study of the origin and nature of ideas

Finnish: ideaoppi French: idéologie (fr) f. Khmer: មនោគមវិជ្ជា (km) (mea’noo kɔɔm vɨcchie)

Korean: 관념학 (gwannyeomhak) Romanian: ideologie (ro) f. Russian: идеология (ru) (ideológija) f.

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Translations to be checked

Latin: ideologia f. Spanish: ideología f.

References

• ideology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• ideology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913