{
    "term": "ideology",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a set of ideas that an economic or political system is based on",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Marxist/capitalist ideology**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party's policies were based on prejudice rather than on any coherent ideology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These businesses have a core ideology of which profit is but one ideal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are divided by opposing ideologies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They distanced themselves from the upper class and adopted a communist ideology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They share a hateful ideology that rejects tolerance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the narrow ideology of the extreme right"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the radical ideology of the French Revolution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Individualism is central to capitalist ideology."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dominant", "prevailing", "official"],
                "verb + ideology": ["have", "adopt", "embrace"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a set of beliefs, especially one held by a particular group, that influences the way people behave",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the ideology of gender roles"
                },
                {
                    "text": "alternative ideologies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Gender ideology still has an important role in determining how couples allocate household tasks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They want to spread their ideology of hope."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a unique ideology based on the concept of service"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dominant", "prevailing", "official"],
                "verb + ideology": ["have", "adopt", "embrace"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌaɪdiˈɒlədʒi/",
                "audio": "id/ideology/ideology__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌaɪdiˈɑːlədʒi/",
                "audio": "id/ideology/ideology__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 18th cent. (originally referring to the science of ideas): from French idéologie, from Greek idea ‘form, pattern’ + -logos (denoting discourse or compilation)."
}