[ide.ol.o.gy] also ide.al.o.gy n, pl -gies [F ideologie, fr. ideo- ideo- + -logie -logy] (1813) 1: visionary theorizing
2. a: a systematic body of concepts esp. about human life or culture b: a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture c: the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program -- ide.ol.o.gist n