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Indoctrination vs Ideology - What's the difference?

indoctrination | ideology |

As nouns the difference between indoctrination and ideology

is that indoctrination is the act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated while ideology is doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.

indoctrination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated
  • Instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or belief system; information.

    • 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