ideological

English

Etymology

ideology +‎ -ical

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪ.diː.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/, /ˌɪd.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɪ.diː.əˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪkəl

Adjective

ideological (comparative more ideological, superlative most ideological)

1. Of or pertaining to an ideology.
   • 2009, Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, “Forward”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew O'Hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page 4:

     Given these entrenched ideological assumptions about the colonial order, it is no wonder that the state and those groups with an interest in the status quo viewed with suspicion and hostility any challenges to the fixed and "natural" boundaries between different sorts of people.

2. Based on an ideology or misleading studies or statistics, especially based on the media or propaganda. Not based on scientific evidence or reality.

Related terms

• ideologically
• ideology
• transideological

Translations

of or pertaining to an ideology

• Armenian: գաղափարախոսական (hy) (gaġapʻaraxosakan)
• Asturian: ideolóxicu
• Belarusian: ідэалагі́чны (idealahíčny)
• Catalan: ideològic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意識形態的／意识形态的 (zh) (yìshi xíngtài de)

• Czech: ideologický (cs)
• Danish: ideologisk
• Dutch: ideologisch (nl)
• Finnish: ideologinen (fi)
• French: idéologique (fr)
• Galician: ideolóxico (gl)
• German: ideologisch (de)
• Greek: ιδεολογικός (el) (ideologikós)
• Hungarian: ideológiai (hu)
• Irish: idé-eolaíoch, idé-eolaíochta (genitive as adjective)
• Italian: ideologico (it)
• Japanese: イデオロギーの (ideorogī no)
• Kazakh: идеологиялық (ideologiälyq)
• Latin: ideologicus
• Latvian: ideoloģisks
• Polish: ideologiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: ideológico (pt)
• Romanian: ideologic (ro)
• Russian: идеологи́ческий (ru) (ideologíčeskij)
• Spanish: ideológico (es)
• Swedish: ideologisk (sv)
• Tagalog: palakuruanin, pampalakuruan
• Ukrainian: ідеологі́чний (ideolohíčnyj)

based on an ideology

• Finnish: ideologinen (fi)
• French: idéologique (fr)
• German: ideologisch (de)
• Greek: ιδεολογικός (el) (ideologikós)
• Irish: idé-eolaíoch, idé-eolaíochta (genitive as adjective)
• Italian: ideologico (it)
• Kazakh: идеологиялық (ideologiälyq)
• Korean: 이데올로기에 관한 (ide'ollogie gwanhan)
• Latin: ideologicus
• Portuguese: ideológico (pt)
• Romanian: ideologic (ro)
• Russian: идеологи́ческий (ru) (ideologíčeskij)
• Swedish: ideologisk (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} ideologic (ro)

References

• “ideological”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “ideological”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• eidological