ideological
adjective
ideo·log·i·cal
ˌī-dē-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 
ˌi-
variants
or less commonly ideologic
ˌī-dē-ə-ˈlä-jik
ˌi-
1
: of, relating to, or based on ideology
2
: relating to or concerned with ideas
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Their ideological far-right brethren in Austria may soon form a new government for the first time since World War II.
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Natalia Romik / Madę By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Other analysts take a more nuanced view, painting the party as a coalition of different broadly right-wing ideological factions.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
For instance, most California colleges and universities, private and public, have the ideological function baked into their organizational structures, strategic goals, and daily operations.
—Wenyuan Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Cable’s ongoing erosion, Trump’s 2020 defeat, and the WBD merger to a reset of the company’s ideological approach, and the departure of a string of personalities for a variety of reasons, some forced, some self-inflicted.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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Natalia Romik / Madę By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
Other analysts take a more nuanced view, painting the party as a coalition of different broadly right-wing ideological factions.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Jan. 2025
For instance, most California colleges and universities, private and public, have the ideological function baked into their organizational structures, strategic goals, and daily operations.
—Wenyuan Wu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Cable’s ongoing erosion, Trump’s 2020 defeat, and the WBD merger to a reset of the company’s ideological approach, and the departure of a string of personalities for a variety of reasons, some forced, some self-inflicted.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Ideological.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ideological. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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