ideological

variants also ideologic

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Recent Examples of ideological And as the superpowers moved on from Cold War battlefields, the ideological paradigms that had once made Central American revolutions feel globally significant faded with them. Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025 Right now, Pearson is running not on ideological differences, but on energy and style. David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025 Those who remained and were originally liberal or left Zionists as events unfolded on the ground leaned more and more toward a non-Zionist ideological position. Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025 Last term, the court upheld Tennessee’s ban on transgender health care for minors in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines. Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ideological
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideological
Adjective
  • Not all horror stories rely on jump scares and violent spectacle; some unearth their horrors from unnerving philosophical considerations.
    Big Think, Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The novel intertwines elements of espionage with philosophical explorations of human history, environmentalism, and the complexities of identity and manipulation.
    Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Doorman highlights more recent scholarship that argues that this is an oversimplification of what were larger theoretical differences between the movement’s two founders.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The York study is theoretical, rather than observation-based.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Hamlin is the uber-talented and equally opinionated elder statesman of the NASCAR Cup Series.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Those mourning him remember a man who could be opinionated and controversial, from his criticism of DEI to his remarks on race and Civil Rights leaders.
    Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Ideological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideological. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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