ideologically
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7.2
- adverb
- /ˌaɪdiəˈlɒdʒɪkli/
- Thus, the Senate is projected to be even more ideologically polarized than it was in the 112th Congress.
- ideologically motivated
- ideologically neutral
- ideologically driven
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Watch on YouTubeIt wasn't until Thatcher came along that there was any sharp rupture ideologically in Britain.
- It wasn't until Thatcher came along that there was any sharp rupture ideologically in Britain.
- And then you turn around and say, well, your desire to make sure that I'm ideologically consistent is patriarchal.
- They go on to say they they are seen as out of touch on priorities, out of touch ideologically and out of touch on values.
- I mean, I wouldn't say it's the majority of the left, but it's the places that have been ideologically captured.
- Yes, you know, there's just no decency of the days where I completely disagreed ideologically with John McCain or Mitt Romney.
- Who would surprise us the most that is an ally of yours and not an ally ideologically, but somebody with whom you enjoy and you like to work with?
- And then more realistically, you know, is being kind of ideologically, you know, extreme, I, I don't even know that that's the right word, but very rigid.
- Like a road that people drive on is, is becoming ideologically sort of discriminatory.
- Here it really does ideologically says the importance of having a great leader.
Examples
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In the long term, though, defeating an ideologically based movement may not be possible without defeating the ideology itself.
Academic text (2008) -
The role of the Druze in Israel's military has always been ideologically important in Israeli political culture.
Academic text (1993) -
And the guests were chosen also to be sort of ideologically different, right?
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So we are ideologically opposed to one another.
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In consequence, they are ideologically better prepared to compete in the modern world economy.
Academic text (1992) -
Journalism became an organ of such parties or was ideologically aligned with political parties.
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There is frequent talk of the need to negotiate a deal with the ideologically driven insurgents.
Academic text (2012) -
People are sorting themselves into more politically and ideologically homogenous communities than they used to, he says.
Academic text (2011) -
America is no longer threatened from Eurasia by an ideologically motivated foe.
Academic text (1993) -
The two groups have been ideologically divided for decades over their differing beliefs.
Synonyms
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8.4
In a way that follows religious or philosophical teachings
Surface Forms
Morphology
ideologically = ideological (transparent) = ideology + ical + ly
The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'ideological', a regular and semantically direct derivation.
Etymology
Ideologically comes from idea ('thought') and the ending -logy ('study of'), so it literally means 'about ideas'. So, to act ideologically is to behave according to a set of ideas or beliefs.