ideological

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Recent Examples of ideological The whole field was turning into an ideological battleground between proponents of experimental physics, which became known as Deutsche Physik, and theoretical physics, labeled Jüdische Physik. Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025 Removing transgender ideological books was not technically on the agenda but reducing the board from nine to seven was. Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025 This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes. Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025 Advertisement But political divisions remained because of genuine ideological differences. Time, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ideological
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideological
Adjective
  • And in each individual voice there are echoes of other voices, contemporary or past, written or oral, political or philosophical, from the Bible or from newspaper articles, rumors about town, memories of someone long dead.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • What begins as an act of solitude unfolds into an unexpected encounter with both people and places gradually evolving into a quiet yet intense philosophical exchange that unearths themes of displacement, trauma and renewal.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Proof in the Numbers The cost savings claims are not theoretical.
    Jon Stojan, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But at the moment, so many of these benefits are theoretical.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Social media, in Tranter’s view, had been overrun by music listeners (especially gay ones) acting a little too opinionated.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
  • With its quarterly earnings report due in next week, Wall Street is eager to see if Tesla — or its famously opinionated CEO Elon Musk — will report similar challenges as its competitors.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Ideological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideological. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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