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

This infrastructure and ideological influence spread even as the community obsessed over pictures of monkeys on a blockchain. —Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025

Wars are caused by ideological need for control, power and authority. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025

The combination of shocking statements about Jews has spread across the ideological spectrum. —Rabbi David Wolpe, Time, 23 May 2025

While the first Iranian New Wave of the 1960s and ’70s moved away from escapist studio films toward social realism, the second wave — underground cinema — pushed even further, rejecting the ideological filters imposed by the state. —Ali Farahmand, IndieWire, 23 May 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