Usage Note
idéologie carries a slightly critical or analytical tone in French, often implying a rigid or partisan worldview. The adjective idéologique and the noun idéologue (ideologue) are common in political commentary. French political debate frequently invokes les idéologies to contrast pragmatism with doctrine.
Examples
"Cette idéologie a marqué tout le siècle dernier."
Natural Translation
This ideology marked the entire last century.
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