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Partisanship vs Ideology - What's the difference?

partisanship | ideology |

As nouns the difference between partisanship and ideology

is that partisanship is an inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality while ideology is doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.

partisanship

English

Noun

  • An inclination to be partisan or biased; partiality

    • 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