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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Kirn characterized the foreword as a kind of ideological overreach.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
But in a wide-ranging, half-hour interview, Jolly said Floridians are waking up to the other trends in Florida under Republican rule: The Sunshine State is becoming less affordable, less tolerant and less accommodating to those who don’t share the governor’s religious and ideological beliefs.
—Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Political violence by militias and other ideological movements accounted for 354 fatalities, according to an initiative known as the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data, which tracks armed conflict around the world.
—Charles Kurzman, The Conversation, 5 June 2025
As the conservative right makes motherhood its ideological stronghold, the left risks ceding not just the narrative, but the cultural and political power that comes with it.
—Samantha Mann, Time, 5 June 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
But in a wide-ranging, half-hour interview, Jolly said Floridians are waking up to the other trends in Florida under Republican rule: The Sunshine State is becoming less affordable, less tolerant and less accommodating to those who don’t share the governor’s religious and ideological beliefs.
—Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Political violence by militias and other ideological movements accounted for 354 fatalities, according to an initiative known as the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data, which tracks armed conflict around the world.
—Charles Kurzman, The Conversation, 5 June 2025
As the conservative right makes motherhood its ideological stronghold, the left risks ceding not just the narrative, but the cultural and political power that comes with it.
—Samantha Mann, Time, 5 June 2025
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“Ideological.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ideological. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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