See also: ideologie and Ideologie

French edit

Etymology edit

From idéo- (ideo-) +‎ -logie (-logy). Coined 1796 by Destutt de Tracy.[1][2] 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 edit

  • IPA(key): /i.de.ɔ.lɔ.ʒi/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: idéologies
  • Hyphenation: i‧dé‧o‧lo‧gie

Noun edit

idéologie f (plural idéologies)

  1. ideology

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: ideology
  • Dutch: ideologie

References edit

  1. ^ Kennedy, Emmet (1979) “Ideology” from Destutt De Tracy to Marx, Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 40, No. 3 (Jul.–Sep., 1979), pp. 353–368
  2. ^ Hart, David M. (2002) Destutt De Tracy: Annotated Bibliography

Further reading edit