n. (pl. -ies)
1. the system of ideas at the basis of an economic or political theory (Marxist ideology).
2 the manner of thinking characteristic of a class or individual (bourgeois ideology).
3 visionary speculation.
4 archaic the science of ideas.
Derivatives:
ideological adj. ideologically adv. ideologist n.
Etymology: F id{eacute}ologie (as IDEOLOGUE)