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.

   • 2025 September 3, Dan Mangan, “Judge voids $2.2 billion Harvard funding freeze by Trump administration”, in CNBC‎^[1]:

     She also noted that the administration, in a letter in April, “specifically conditioned funding on agreeing to its ten terms, only one of which related to antisemitism, while six related to ideological and pedagogical concerns, including who may lead and teach at Harvard, who may be admitted, and what may be taught.”

2. (of a claim or idea) Irrational; supported by misinformation and social reinforcement, as opposed to credible evidence.
3. (politics) Characterized by strict, uncompromising adherence to a particular political ideology, rather than what’s necessarily considered popular or practical.

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

   The regime, ideological in governance, continued its socialist policies despite market backlash.

   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