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Ideology - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ideology : (noun)
1: an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or
nation [syn: political orientation, political theory]
2: imaginary or visionary theorization
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ideology : \I`de*ol"o*gy\, n. [Ideo- _ -logy: cf. F.
id['e]ologie.]
1. The science of ideas. --Stewart.
2. (Metaph.) A theory of the origin of ideas which derives
them exclusively from sensation.
Note: By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek,
id['e]ologie . . . has in France become the name
peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of mind which
exclusively derives our knowledge from sensation. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Ideology |
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abostick59: But "race" in an *invention* of colonial Ideology. Racism is the smoke & mirrors that obscure colomial oppression. |
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democratically: @centerofright Muthalik is a local issue. Its about the larger picture. We cant blame media always but the inconsistent & unclear Ideology. |
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bluegod: Slavoj Žižek on toilets and Ideology. Why there can never be an end to 'ideologies' » http://is.gd/5yivS |
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