Definition of Ideology

Ideology

The science of ideas.

A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.

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Ideology Quotations

No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.
Ronald Reagan

You have your ideology and I have mine.
Khalil Gibran

Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
E. O. Wilson

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.
Bertrand Russell

Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
P. J. O'Rourke

Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.
Karl Barth

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.
Hannah Arendt

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.
Hal Borland

Life has become the ideology of its own absence.
Theodor Adorno

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.
Theodor Adorno

If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.
Theodor Adorno

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
Edward Abbey

The ideology of capitalism makes us all into connoisseurs of liberty - of the indefinite expansion of possibility.
Susan Sontag

Pakistan not only means freedom and independence but the Muslim Ideology which has to be preserved, which has come to us as a precious gift and treasure and which, we hope other will share with us.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah

There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration.
Vinton Cerf

The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.
Jean Genet

There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.
Eugene Ionesco

While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice.
Theodore Bikel

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.
Christopher Lasch

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.
Russell Crowe

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so.
Bob Geldof

Obama gets his identity and his ideology from his father.
Dinesh D'Souza

Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
Mason Cooley

Great ideology creates great times.
Kim Jong Il

It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.
Manuel Puig

I think that pop, and to some extent rock, are like sport and fashion industry in that they're about the exuberance of youth. That's the sort of subliminal ideology.
Robert Wyatt

We are on the lookout for criminal and terrorist activity but we do not - nor will we ever - monitor ideology or political beliefs. We take seriously our responsibility to protect the civil rights and liberties of the American people, including subjecting our activities to rigorous oversight from numerous internal and external sources.
Janet Napolitano

Ideology and communication more often than not run into each other rather than complement each other. Principle and communication work together. Ideology and communication often work apart.
Frank Luntz

Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.
Janet Napolitano

The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.
Steve Forbes

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Ideology Translations

ideology in Dutch is ideologie
ideology in German is Weltanschauung, Ideologie, Ideologie, Ideenlehre
ideology in Italian is ideologia
ideology in Swedish is ideologi

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