# ideology

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌaɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/ · frequency rank #6,919

## Definitions
1. Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
2. The study of the origin and nature of ideas.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French idéologie, from idéo- + -logie (equivalent to English ideo- + -logy). Cognate with, but not derived from, idea. Coined 1796 by Antoine Destutt de Tracy. Modern sense of “doctrine” attributed to use of related idéologue (“ideologue”) by Napoleon Bonaparte as a term of abuse towards political opponents in early 1800s.

## Common misspellings (11)
`dieology`, `iddeology`, `ideloogy`, `ideolgoy`, `ideollogy`, `ideologgy`, `ideologyy`, `ideoloyg`, `ideoolgy`, `idoelogy`, `iedology`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ideology