ˌīdēˈäləjē, ˌid-, -ji sometimes ˌēd- noun
also ide·al·o·gy “, -ēˈal-
( -es )
Etymology: French idéologie, from idéo- ideo- + -logie -logy
1.
a. : a branch of knowledge concerned with the origin and nature of ideas
b. : a theory in philosophy advocated by Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836): ideas originate from sensation
2. : visionary speculation : idle theorizing ; often : an impractical theory or system of theories
3.
a. : a systematic scheme or coordinated body of ideas or concepts especially about human life or culture
b. : a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture
bourgeois ideology
medical, legal, and other professional ideologies
kept his ideology inviolate
c.
(1) : the integrated assertions, theories, and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program
a national ideology that was not static but altered with altering circumstances
(2) : an extremist sociopolitical program or philosophy constructed wholly or in part on factitious or hypothetical ideational bases