ideology
noun
Simple meaning
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to a person or group.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
eyedeeahluhjeeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
aɪdiˈɑlədʒi
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
uncountable
The study of the origin and nature of ideas.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
Used this way, ideology is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in academic writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Academic writing
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use ideology
- “Their political ideology focuses on individual liberty and small government.”noun
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