- 1a set of ideas that an economic or political system is based on Marxist/capitalist ideology
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- 2a set of beliefs, especially one held by a particular group, that influences the way people behave the ideology of gender roles alternative ideologies
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NAmE//ˌaɪdiˈɑlədʒi//, NAmE//ˌɪdiˈɑlədʒi//
(pl. ideologies) [countable, uncountable] (sometimes disapproving)NAmE//ˌaɪdiəˈlɑdʒɪkl//, NAmE//ˌɪdiəˈlɑdʒɪkl//
adjective ideological differences NAmE//ˌaɪdiəˈlɑdʒɪkli//, NAmE//ˌɪdiəˈlɑdʒɪkli//
adverbSee ideology in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: ideology