ideological

[ ahy-dee-uh-loj-i-kuh l or ahy-dee-uh-loj-ik; id-ee- ]

/ ˌaɪ di əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl or ˌaɪ di əˈlɒdʒ ɪk; ˌɪd i- /

of or relating to ideology.

speculative; visionary.

Origin of ideological

First recorded in 1855–60; ideolog(y) + -ic + -al¹

i·de·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb an·ti-i·de·o·log·i·cal, adjective an·ti-i·de·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb non·i·de·o·log·ic, adjective

non·i·de·o·log·i·cal, adjective non·i·de·o·log·i·cal·ly, adverb un·id·e·o·log·i·cal, adjective

Mired in ideological warfare, America faces her most formidable opponent yet— herself.

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The main point is this: Trying to win Southern seats is not worth the ideological cost for Democrats.

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We cannot qualify it based on ideological notions or concepts important only at one time in history.

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He is the ideological leader of the anti-American Rodina party.

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But it continues to fail in the ideological war against Al-Qaedaism.

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The strictly political purposes of the revolution had become mere adjuncts to the ideological and military features.

Government in Republican China |Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
The preamble to the law set the ideological tone of the new system.

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The publishing house then sends it, with a brief description of its ideological content, to the Committee on Art and Culture.

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In this problem certain factors stand forth as preeminent: ideological movements, military and economic factors, governments.

Government in Republican China |Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
Power was based on a correlation of government with ideological and military forces.

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