ideologies

variants also idealogies
plural of ideology
as in philosophies
the basic beliefs or guiding principles of a person or group members of that sect follow an ideology of nonviolence and freely given cooperation

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Recent Examples of ideologies The story underlying China’s imperial strategy is thus also an anti-imperial one, much like the ideologies of the two Cold War empires. — Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026 Paporakis had hundreds of rounds of rifle ammunition and a manifesto expressing white supremacist and extremist ideologies, police said. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 But he was not known to be a proponent of violent ideologies. — New York Times, 12 Oct. 2026 One key objection was the mature tone of the narrative, in which the child protagonist is directly confronted and endangered by the evils derived from fascist ideologies. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 This digital journey potentially shaped the ideologies that formed into a riot on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026 Campus leaders provided training for teaching fellows to facilitate difficult classroom conversations, and funding for student events that bring people of different ideologies and cultures together. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026 The overall issue of online safety, particularly regarding minors, is one of the few issues that defies traditional political ideologies. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026 All a novelist can do when representing Bush Two’s accomplices is to embody plausible ideologies in specific fictional characters. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • The candidates said books and music have informed their political philosophies, broadened their worldviews, and carried them through gnarly moments on and off the campaign trail.
    — Lucy Gellman, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The film takes care to limn the Basketmaker’s artistic philosophies.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The Arab Gulf states, meanwhile, are reworking their security doctrines.
    — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2026
  • First, the law takes its time in responding to new technologies, figuring that new tools can be accommodated within existing ideas, rules, and doctrines.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Ideologies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologies. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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