ideological English · revision 39773

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1797|origins=grc ἰδέα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * UK: /ˌaɪ.diː.əˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/^(Wiktionary)

+ * US: /ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/, /ˌɪd.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It was formed in English from [[ideology]] with the suffix [[-ical]], or from [[m|en|ideologic]] with [[-al]];^(Etymonline)^(Dictionary.com 2016) the OED analyses it as [[ideo-]] with the combining form [[-logical]], after ''ideology''.^(OED 2026) The noun is modelled on [[m|fr|idéologie|t=the science of ideas]], which the philosopher Destutt de Tracy coined in 1796 from the Greek-based elements for "idea" and "study".^(Etymonline)^(OED 2026) The first element goes back to [[grc|ἰδέα|tr=idéa|t=form, idea]], the source of [[idea]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Relating to ideas or to the study of ideas: 1797, in the ''Monthly Magazine'',^(OED 2026)^(HTOED)^(Etymonline) the date that Merriam-Webster also gives.^(MWU 2024) This sense is now rare.^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The adjective followed the history of ''ideology'', which at first named Destutt de Tracy's philosophy of mind, deriving knowledge from the senses.^(Etymonline) From 1837 it was used of people occupied with abstract or visionary ideas, speculative or idealistic,^(OED 2026)^(HTOED) echoing the dismissive sense of the noun.^(OED 2026) The modern sense, relating to a political, economic or other system of beliefs, is recorded from 1873 in the ''Times'',^(OED 2026)^(HTOED) and Dictionary.com dates the form ''ideologic'' to 1855–60.^(Dictionary.com 2016) Merriam-Webster also records a sense in criticism, suggestive of an idea or mood, as in ''ideological drama''.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1797 – relating to ideas or the study of ideas.^(OED 2026)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1837 – speculative, idealistic.^(OED 2026)

+ * 1873 – relating to a political or other system of beliefs.^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to or based on an [[ideology]], a system of political, economic or social [[belief|alt=beliefs]]: ''The two parties are divided by deep ideological differences.''^(Collins 2023)^(MWU 2024)^(OED 2026)

+ # Relating to [[idea|alt=ideas]] or concerned with them.^(MWU 2024)^(OED 2026)

+ # Based on fixed principles or a set of unshakeable beliefs; also, speculative or [[idealistic]].^(OED 2026)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ideologically]]

+ * [[nonideological]]

+ * [[unideological]]

+ * [[anti-ideological]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ideology]]

+ * [[idea]]

+ * [[ideologue]]

+ * [[ideal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}