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Ideology was coined during which century?

ideology

[ahy-dee-ol-uh-jee, id-ee-] / ˌaɪ diˈɒl ə dʒi, ˌɪd i- /


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It wasn’t ideology that made me want to claw the stubble off my own face.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

Omani authorities stopped Hammami from flying, placed him in a deradicalization program and gave him a desk job after scrutinizing his online habits and determining that he showed too much interest in radical ideology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Oliver Stuenkel, a professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, downplayed the importance of ideology in regional relations as more "rhetorical than substantive."

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

That philosophy was designed before Guardiola's appointment, and the Spaniard produced the purest form of City's footballing ideology.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

With a stroke of the pen the military changed world history, erasing every incident, ideology, and historical figure of which the regime disapproved.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

One key objection was the mature tone of the narrative, in which the child protagonist is directly confronted and endangered by the evils derived from fascist ideologies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The ideal of many ideologies in our time has, frankly, become a world of perfect safety, devoid of risk or failure, with neither the glory of victory nor the shame of defeat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Baum has stressed that "my family and I firmly reject extremist ideologies and will not accept the AfD's appropriation of our name".

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Prevent was set up 20 years ago to try to identify future potential terrorists and intervene in their lives, often by challenging hateful ideologies such as far right extremism or support for jihadist violence.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The document stated, “We may borrow . . . from foreign ideologies, but we reject the wholesale importation of foreign ideologies into Africa.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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