A system of beliefs or ideas that justifies the social, moral, religious, political, or economic interests held by a group or by society is

An ideology is a system of beliefs or ideas that supports and justifies a group’s or society’s social, moral, religious, political, or economic interests. A social movement is organized collective action, while cultural lag describes a delay in cultural change. The correct choice is “an ideology.”

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