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

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

“They have spent public funds in troubling ways, adopted lax standards and allowed rigor to decline and have allowed the research enterprise to become politicized and ideological.”

From Los Angeles Times

“This is not an election that was about an ideological or policy-based shift or rejection of Breed,” said Jason McDaniel, a political science professor at San Francisco State University.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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