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

Here, businesses can grow without the weight of government regulation or woke ideological agendas. —Mike Dunleavy, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025

Advertisement Beyond religious and ideological attacks, 14.3% of posts contained nativist language calling for Mamdani's deportation or citizenship revocation. —Juwayriah Wright, Time, 9 July 2025

Critics have accused the regime of prioritizing ideological loyalty over competence, allowing individuals who simply mouthed hard-line slogans to rise through the ranks while concealing their true allegiances. —Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025

Republicans aren’t alone in calling for changes to longstanding traditions or in criticizing members of their party who don’t walk a narrow ideological line. —Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 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