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Ideology vs Zeitgeist - What's the difference?

ideology | zeitgeist |

As nouns the difference between ideology and zeitgeist

is that ideology is doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group while zeitgeist is the spirit of the age; the taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period.

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

    zeitgeist

    English

    (wikipedia Zeitgeist)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (zeitgeist)
    • English words with optional capitalisation ----