ideological shift
Change in doctrine
An ideological shift is a significant change in a person's or group's fundamental beliefs, values, or political orientation.
The phrase often describes movement along a political spectrum: The party's ideological shift to the right alienated moderate voters.
Shifts may be gradual or sudden, driven by events, leadership changes, or generational turnover: Her ideological shift came after years of questioning her assumptions.
- perestroikaSoviet reform initiative
- sea changeRadical, thorough transformation
- turnRotational movement
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- glasnostSoviet transparency reform
reform · realignment · Overton window · culture war · polarization · cultural evolution · radicalization · red pill · secularization · conversion · zeitgeist · intellectual discourse · apostasy · policy reform · democratization · left turn · right turn · political realignment
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- conversionsconvert, exchange rate, encoding, transcoding, reformatting
ideological shiftorthodoxy
Adherence to accepted beliefs
dogmatism · steadfastness · ideological purity · true believer · political stability