ideological

adjective

ideo·​log·​i·​cal ˌī-dē-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

ˌi-

variants or less commonly ideologic

ˌī-dē-ə-ˈlä-jik 

ˌi-

1

: of, relating to, or based on ideology

2

: relating to or concerned with ideas

ideologically

ˌī-dē-ə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē  i- 

adverb

Examples of ideological in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Graham’s script is especially perceptive on the ideological clash between Thatcherism and the left. —Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025

As the interloper, Dynevor is just creepy enough to be believable and fortunately her ideological character doesn’t cross over into the stuff of a Hand That Rocks The Cradle or Single White Female. —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025

Such ideological exuberance was obviously unsustainable, which was Davis’s main point. —Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025

Mulroney, who grew up in a small Quebec town, had an ideological affinity with the emerging trends of privatization and deregulation in 1980s Anglo-American conservatism. —Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing ideological

• anti-ideological

Rhymes for ideological

• analogical
• astrological
• biological
• christological
• chronological
• cosmological
• cytological
• dialogical
• ecological
• ethnological
• ethological
• geological