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Is ideology a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ideology is a Scrabble US word. The word ideology is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is ideology a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ideology is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is ideology a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ideology is a Words With Friends word. The word ideology is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

IDEOLOGY,

6-letter words (9 found)

DOOLIE,EDGILY,GOODIE,GOODLY,GOOILY,GOOLEY,GOOLIE,LOGOED,LOOGIE,

5-letter words (34 found)

DOGEY,DOGIE,DOILY,DOOLE,DOOLY,ELOGY,GELID,GEOID,GLIDE,GLODE,GODLY,GOLDY,GOODY,GOOEY,GOOLD,GOOLY,GOYLE,GYELD,IGLOO,LEDGY,LODGE,LOGIE,LOGOI,LOOED,LOOEY,LOOIE,ODYLE,OGLED,OILED,OLDIE,OLOGY,YIELD,YODEL,YODLE,

4-letter words (48 found)

DEIL,DELI,DELO,DIEL,DIOL,DOGE,DOGY,DOLE,DOOL,EDGY,EILD,GELD,GIED,GILD,GLED,GLEI,GLEY,GLID,GOEL,GOEY,GOLD,GOLE,GOOD,GOOL,IDLE,IDLY,IDOL,IDYL,LIDO,LIED,LODE,LOGE,LOGO,LOGY,LOID,ODYL,OGLE,OILY,OLDE,OLDY,OLEO,OLID,OLIO,YELD,YGOE,YODE,YOGI,YOLD,

3-letter words (46 found)

DEG,DEI,DEL,DEY,DIE,DIG,DOE,DOG,DOL,DOO,DOY,DYE,EGO,ELD,GED,GEL,GEO,GEY,GID,GIE,GIO,GOD,GOE,GOO,GOY,IDE,LED,LEG,LEI,LEY,LID,LIE,LIG,LOD,LOG,LOO,LOY,LYE,ODE,OIL,OLD,OLE,OYE,YGO,YID,YOD,

2-letter words (18 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 157 words from ideology according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ideology

ideology

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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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌaɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒiː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /aɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ɪ.diˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌɑɪ.diːˈɔl.ə.d͡ʒiː/
  • Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

ideology (countable and uncountable, plural ideologies)

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

Usage notes

Original meaning “study of ideas” (following the etymology), today primarily used to mean “doctrine”. For example “communist ideology” generally refers to “communist doctrine”; study of communist ideas instead being “communist philosophy”, or more clearly “philosophy of communism”; only rarely “ideology of communism”.

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Further reading

  • "ideology" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 153.
  • “ideology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “ideology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • eidology

Source: wiktionary.org