ideological

From ideology +‎ -ical.

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

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɪ.diː.əˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪkəl

ideological (comparative more ideological, superlative most ideological)

1. Of or pertaining to one or more ideologies.

   There are economists from all over the ideological spectrum.

   ideological fervor

   • 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. (of a claim or idea) Irrational; supported by misinformation and social reinforcement, as opposed to credible evidence.

   Claims that mRNA vaccines are harmful are mostly ideological and have little basis in current academic literature.

   ideological climate change denial

3. (politics) Characterized by strict, uncompromising adherence to a particular political ideology, rather than what’s necessarily popular or pragmatic.

   The most ruthless leaders in history were often ideological ones with utopian visions.

   The regime, ideological in governance, ignored business leaders’ criticism and continued forth with its socialist agenda.

   ideological trade policy

• ideologically
• ideology
• transideological

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ideological”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “ideological”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• eidological