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Religion vs Ideology - What's the difference?

religion | ideology |

As nouns the difference between religion and ideology

is that religion is the belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods while ideology is doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.

religion

English

(wikipedia religion)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.
    • My brother tends to value religion , but my sister not as much.
  • A particular system of faith and worship.
    • Islam is a major religion in parts of Asia and Africa.
    Eckankar is a new religion''' but Zoroastrianism is an old '''religion .
  • The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
    • The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.
  • Any practice that someone or some group is seriously devoted to.
    • At this point, ''Star Trek'' has really become a religion .
  • (obsolete) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
  • *, II.8:
    • Oh with what religion doe I respect and observe the same!

    Usage notes

    Generally speaking, certain groups that do not acknowledge the existence of one or more deities, such as Buddhism, are still religious—though some people prefer a definition of religion without non-theistic groups within the definition. Others are in favor of a more inclusive definition of religion that recognizes that everyone has their own set of religious beliefs.

    Synonyms

    * faith * mythology

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    Hypernyms

    * belief system

    Derived terms

    * Abrahamic religion * false religion * pseudoreligion * misreligion

    Related terms

    * antireligious * irreligious * organized religion * religate * religiopolitical * religiose * religiosity * religious * religiophobia

    See also

    * afterlife * animism * atheism * belief * church * crusade * cult * druid * faith * jihad * holy * holy man * monk * monotheism * mystic * nun * order * polytheism * priest * reincarnation * sacred * sage * sect * seer * shaman * shrine * spiritual leader * spirituality * superstition * temple * wizard *

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    External links

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    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