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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Graham’s script is especially perceptive on the ideological clash between Thatcherism and the left.
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Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
As the interloper, Dynevor is just creepy enough to be believable and fortunately her ideological character doesn’t cross over into the stuff of a Hand That Rocks The Cradle or Single White Female.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Such ideological exuberance was obviously unsustainable, which was Davis’s main point.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Mulroney, who grew up in a small Quebec town, had an ideological affinity with the emerging trends of privatization and deregulation in 1980s Anglo-American conservatism.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
As the interloper, Dynevor is just creepy enough to be believable and fortunately her ideological character doesn’t cross over into the stuff of a Hand That Rocks The Cradle or Single White Female.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
Such ideological exuberance was obviously unsustainable, which was Davis’s main point.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Mulroney, who grew up in a small Quebec town, had an ideological affinity with the emerging trends of privatization and deregulation in 1980s Anglo-American conservatism.
—Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Ideological.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ideological. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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