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

ideologically

ˌī-dē-ə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē  i- 

adverb

Examples of ideological in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is on April 1, and the contest for the seat of retiring Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is technically a nonpartisan race, though whoever wins the seat will help determine the ideological bent of the court -- which currently leans liberal. —Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025

For far too long, lawmakers have treated foreign aid as a blank check for bureaucrats to promote ideological agendas ranging from the absurd to the outright nefarious. —Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025

The messaging of an energy emergency is also the administration's attempt to defend its ideological goals of deregulation and reversal of Biden-era efforts to address climate change, Konisky said. —Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025

Further, the countries at the receiving end deserve to be spared the insidious effects of ideological colonization. —Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing ideological

• anti-ideological

Rhymes for ideological

• analogical
• astrological
• biological
• christological
• chronological
• cosmological
• cytological
• dialogical
• ecological
• ethnological
• ethological
• geological