ideological

[ ahy-dee-uh-loj-i-kuhl, id-ee- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to ideology.
2. speculative; visionary.

Other Words From

• 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ideological¹

First recorded in 1855–60; ideolog(y) + -ic + -al ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Supporters and opponents say the designations are not necessarily the safeguard some believe in light of a fierce ideological debate over the power given to presidents to make them.

From Los Angeles Times

“Most California voters aren’t ideological. They don’t want rhetoric. They want governments to deliver outcomes. Move the needle.”

From Los Angeles Times

The national security journal Homeland Security Today warned that the Pine Tree Party “is quickly accelerating, recruiting, and pushing the ideological bounds to promote infrastructure damage and violence now directly.”

From Salon

"Their ideological budget was designed to milk the private sector and hope nobody would notice."

From BBC

State news agency Tass reported that the men had been convicted for murder "motivated by political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred".

From BBC

Related Words

• abstract
• academic
• analytical
• imaginative
• intellectual
• logical
• metaphysical
• philosophical
• speculative
• vague