ideological baggage

collocation in English

meaningsofideologicalandbaggage

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ideological
adjective
uk
/ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/
us
/ˌaɪ.di.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
based on or relating to a particular set of ideas ...
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baggage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbæɡ.ɪdʒ/
us
/ˈbæɡ.ɪdʒ/
bags, cases, etc. that you take with you when ...
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(Definition ofideologicalandbaggagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofideological baggage

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The experience of exile added nothing to hisideologicalbaggage.
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It is piecemeal and is weighed down byideologicalbaggage.
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First, he reiterates that literacy, as a social practice embedded in existing social structures, cannot be separated from theideologicalbaggagewhich participants bring to any literacy event.
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It is notideologicalbaggage; it is a kind of trick that he sets down in each department.
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In other words, what emotional, political orideologicalbaggagehas he carried with him into the studio.
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In the past he has ditched unworkable monetary targets, and now he must ditch some moreideologicalbaggageand move in on our agenda.
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They should also spend some time trying to jettison some of theideologicalbaggagethat they seem to be carrying these days.
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We need to ensure that apparently suitable people are not ruled out on the basis of some generality and that adoption should be freed of unprovenideologicalbaggage.
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He has been radical; we all know that longer-term planning makes sense and that some of theideologicalbaggageon this side needed to be buried, and buried now.
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I suggest that he would wish to join the party where the action is, where there is the minimumideologicalbaggageand where there is an opportunity of exercising influence.
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The leadership which left the party, as their critics had alleged, attempted to broaden the appeal for their press by dropping their previousideologicalbaggageand included other socialists.
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