English pronunciation · Words Starting with I
Ideology Pronunciation
Ideology is pronounced eye-dee-AH-luh-jee, IPA /ˌaɪdiˈɑlədʒi/.
eye-dee-AH-luh-jee
US /ˌaɪdiˈɑlədʒi/ · UK /ˌaɪdɪˈɒlədʒi/
Syllables: eye · dee · AH · luh · jee (5 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: A system of ideas and beliefs that shapes political or economic thinking.
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Ideology in a Sentence
- The party rewrote its ideology after the defeat.
- He published a short book on the ideology of free trade.
- Ideology often decides which facts get quoted.
Common Mispronunciations of Ideology
Not i-dee-AH-luh-jee
The word opens on the eye vowel, because idea is sitting inside it.
Not eye-DEE-uh-luh-jee
AH in third place carries the force, exactly as biology and geology put it on their own third beat.
Tip: British speakers round that vowel to eye-dee-OL-uh-jee, and the adjective is ideological.
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