ideology

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌaɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/ (General American) IPA(key): /aɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɑɪ.diːˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒiː/ Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi Hyphenation: i‧de‧ol‧o‧gy === Noun === ideology (countable and uncountable, plural ideologies) Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group. (uncountable) The study of the origin and nature of ideas. ==== Usage notes ==== Original meaning “study of ideas” (following the etymology), today primarily used to mean “doctrine”. For example “communist ideology” generally refers to “communist doctrine”; study of communist ideas instead being “communist philosophy”, or more clearly “philosophy of communism”; only rarely “ideology of communism”. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Raymond Williams (1983), “Ideology”, in Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, revised American edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1985, →ISBN, page 153 William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ideology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “ideology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === eidology