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40 Examples of an Ideology

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An ideology is a set of beliefs, values and principles that is comprehensive and cohesive enough to be the foundation for a society or culture. The following are examples of common ideologies.

Power Structure

Basic views of how power should be structured.
Anarchism (rule by none)
Autocracy (rule by one)
Democracy (rule by the people)
Oligarchy (rule by the few)

Political Views

Views of how society should be run.
Anarchism
Colonialism
Communism
Conservative
Globalism
Liberalism
Libertarianism
Localism
Moderate
Progressive
Reactionary
Socialism
Totalitarianism
Traditionalism

Economic Ideology

Views of how economies should be structured and run.
Capitalism
Communism
Globalism
Laissez-faire
Protectionism
Social Market
Socialism
A social market ideology is a belief in a capitalist market system with taxation that funds a social safety net in areas such as education, healthcare and income protections.

Social Ideology

A social ideology is a set of beliefs and principles for organizing social institutions, relations and practices. These aren't necessarily as comprehensive as a political ideology as they may focus on one particular issue or area of social life or economic practices.
Anticapitalism
Collectivism
Consumerism
Environmentalism
Ethical Consumerism
Feminism
Humanism
Individualism
Intersectionality
Materialism
Multiculturalism
Pacifism
Pluralism
Secularism
Social Justice Movements

Summary

An ideology is a set of beliefs and principles that are comprehensive enough to organize a society or culture. These include political ideologies, social ideologies and economic ideologies.
Overview: Ideology
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Definition
An ideology is a set of beliefs, values and principles that is comprehensive and cohesive enough to be the foundation for a society or culture.
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