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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ideology  \I`de*ol"o*gy\,  n.  [Ideo-  +  -logy:  cf  F. 
  id['e]ologie.] 
  1.  The  science  of  ideas.  --Stewart. 
 
  2.  (Metaph.)  A  theory  of  the  origin  of  ideas  which  derives 
  them  exclusively  from  sensation. 
 
  Note:  By  a  double  blunder  in  philosophy  and  Greek, 
  id['e]ologie  .  .  .  has  in  France  become  the  name 
  peculiarly  distinctive  of  that  philosophy  of  mind  which 
  exclusively  derives  our  knowledge  from  sensation.  --Sir 
  W.  Hamilton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ideology 
  n  1:  an  orientation  that  characterizes  the  thinking  of  a  group  or 
  nation  [syn:  {political  orientation},  {political  theory}] 
  2:  imaginary  or  visionary  theorization 

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