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<hw>I`de*o*gen"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to ideology.</def>

<h1>Ideogeny</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I`de*og"e*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ideo-</ets> + -<ets>geny</ets>, from the same root as Gr. <?/, birth: cf. F. <ets>id\'82og\'82nie</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science which treats of the origin of ideas.</def>

<h1>Ideogram</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de"o*gram</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ideo-</ets> + -<ets>gram</ets>; cf. F. <ets>id\'82ograme</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.</def>

<blockquote><b>Ideograms</b> may be defined to be pictures intended to represent either things or thoughts. <i>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>You might even have a history without language written or spoken, by means of <b>ideograms</b> and gesture. <i>J. Peile.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; <as>as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, <?/, $, <?/, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A phonetic symbol; a letter.</def>

<h1>Ideograph</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I*de"o*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Ideogram</er>.</def>

<h1>Ideographic, Ideographical</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw><hw>I`de*o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>I`de*o*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>id\'82ographique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an ideogram; representing ideas by symbols, independently of sounds; <as>as, 9 represents not the word "nine," but the <ex>idea</ex> of the number itself</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>I`de*o*graph"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Ideographics</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I`de*o*graph"ics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The system of writing in ideographic characters; also, anything so written.</def>

<h1>Ideography</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I`de*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.</def>

<h1>Ideological</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I`de*o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>id\'82ologique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to ideology.</def>

<h1>Ideologist</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I`de*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.</def>

<-- idealogue n. one who adheres to an ideology -->

<h1>Ideology</h1> <Xpage=725>

<hw>I`de*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ideo-</ets> + -<ets>logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>id\'82ologie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The science of ideas.</def>

<i>Stewart.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Metaph.)</fld> <def>A theory of the origin of ideas which derives them exclusively from sensation.</def>

<note>&hand; By a double blunder in philosophy and Greek, <i>id\'82ologie</i> . . . has in France become the name peculiarly distinctive of that philosophy of mind which exclusively derives our knowledge from sensation.</note> <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i>

<-- a set of theories and beliefs about sociopolitical goals and methods to attain them; in common usage, such a set of beliefs so strongly held by their adherents as to cause them to ignore evidence against such beliefs, and thus fall into error -- hence a negative trait; contrasted to pragmatism, and distinct from idealism -->