ideology
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
Noun 2 meanings
Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
“A dictatorship bans things, that do not conform to its ideology, to secure its reign.”
The study of the origin and nature of ideas.
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.
IDEOLOGY at a glance
IDEOLOGY has 8 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (I 1 + D 2 + E 1 + O 1 + L 1 + O 1 + G 2 + Y 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,811 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ideology
All rhymes- TECHNOLOGY19
- PSYCHOLOGY24
- BIOLOGY13
- APOLOGY13
- THEOLOGY15
- TRILOGY11
- METHODOLOGY21
- SOCIOLOGY15
- GEOLOGY12
- ECOLOGY13
- ANALOGY11
- TERMINOLOGY17
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