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ideology
has definitions from the fields of psychology,politics
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[ noun ] (politics) an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
Synonyms Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)All_of them were there in this loosely_knit association of diversified ideologies , and each berated the other and beat his breast for his own approaches . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)`` The other day Arnold_Toynbee spoke against the inveterate tendency of our species to believe_in the uniqueness of its religions , its ideologies , and its virtually everything else . Why do we not realize that no ideology believes so much in itself as it disbelieves in something else ? Related terms orientation socialism democracy liberalism conservatism communism progressivism radicalism fascism Utopianism collectivism imperialism absolutism meritocracy hawkishness federalism rightism moderatism monarchism libertarianism constitutionalism anarchism negritude reactionism social_democracy republicanism elitism dovishness extremism theocracy autocracy domino_theory leftism orelanism conservative liberal |
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[ noun ] (psychology) imaginary or visionary theorization
Used in print (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)All the ideologies changing from day to day , right under his eyes , so how could a man look_to any one of them for an enlargement of his freedom ? Related terms |
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