ideologies
- 1Plural of ideology.
Rival political ideologies clashed throughout the twentieth century.
The professor compared the economic ideologies of three different reform movements.
Note
A plural that belongs to only one side of its lemma. Ideology as a body of beliefs is countable, so rival or competing ideologies is ordinary phrasing. Ideology as the study of the origin and nature of ideas is a mass noun with no plural. Wherever the plural appears, it means belief systems, never the discipline. The spelling follows the usual consonant-plus-y pattern: the y becomes i before -es.
ideologies is a form of ideology
ideology, noun: A body of beliefs, principles, or doctrines held by an individual or group, often shaping their political or social outlook. Full entry
- Forms
- ideologyideologies plural
- Spelling
- ideology → ideologies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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