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Ideology vs Mindset - What's the difference?

ideology | mindset |

As nouns the difference between ideology and mindset

is that ideology is doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group while mindset is a way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one.

ideology

English

(wikipedia ideology)

Noun

(ideologies)
  • Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
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  • 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”.

    Related terms

    * ideologic * ideological * ideologically * ideologist * ideologue

    References

    * * English words suffixed with -ology

    mindset

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • A way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one.
    • Earth Day is a way of propagating and celebrating the environmentalist mindset .

    Synonyms

    * mentality