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An ''ideology'' is an organized collection of ideas. The word ideology was coined by Count Destutt de Tracy in the late 18th century to define a "science of ideas." An ideology can be thought of as a comprehensive vision, as a way of looking at things (compare Weltanschauung), as in common sense (see Ideology in everyday society) and several philosophical tendencies (see Political ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of a society to all members of this society.

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Transcription of a presentation/speech given at Notacon 3, April 8, 2006. The original presentation's audio is available at: http://www.archive.org/details/20060408-jscott-wikipedia