- ideology
- nounADJECTIVE▪ dominant, prevailing▪ official▪ competing, opposing▪
They are divided by opposing ideologies.
▪ shared▪They're rooted in a shared ideology.
▪ underlying▪the underlying ideology of neoliberalism
▪ core▪These businesses have a core ideology of which profit is but one ideal.
▪ coherent▪The party's policies were based on prejudice rather than on any coherent ideology.
▪ powerful, strong▪ narrow▪the narrow ideology of the extreme right
▪ radical▪the radical ideology of the French Revolution
▪ evil, hateful (esp. AmE)▪They share a hateful ideology that rejects tolerance.
▪ cultural, economic, gender (esp. AmE), political, racial, religious▪Gender ideology still has an important role in determining how couples allocate household tasks.
▪ bourgeois, capitalist, communist, extremist, feminist, fundamentalist, liberal, Marxist, nationalist, revolutionary, socialist, etc.VERB + IDEOLOGY▪ have▪The party had a Marxist ideology.
▪ adopt, embrace, espouse, support▪They distanced themselves from the upper class and adopted a communist ideology.
▪ promote, spread▪They want to spread their ideology of hope.
▪ impose▪an ideology imposed by an elite group
▪ share▪They share a common political ideology.
▪ base▪a unique ideology based on the concept of service
▪ challenge▪This ideology was challenged in the early twentieth century.
▪ reject
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
