"prevailing ideology" is a correct phrase and is usable in written English.
It refers to the dominant set of beliefs, ideas, and values that are widely accepted and influential within a society or culture. Example: The prevailing ideology in this country values individualism and competition over collectivism and cooperation.
Despite prevailing ideology, Lan professes himself positive about the future.
We are conditioned to find such propositions taboo because an expression of straightforward, unencumbered desire transgresses prevailing ideology.
SM: I thought the film was quite radical in a way - I mean, the prevailing ideology at the moment is cynicism.
The World Bank's assistance was sometimes overburdened by prevailing ideology; for example, the free-market Washington Consensus policies foisted on recipients actually led to deindustrialization and declining income in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa
Rescuing codes of social conduct implies also accepting those that clash with the prevailing ideology.
In 1933 the prevailing ideology of laissez faire, gonzo capitalism had left 25percentt of Americans unemployed and with no end in sight.
His school of thought occupied somewhere between the two prevailing ideologies in Argentinian football – menottista (romantic idealist) and bilardista (territorial and tactically driven), from César Luis Menotti and Carlos Bilardo, who guided their country to World Cup success in 1978 and 1986 respectively.
Bemoaning the state of higher education in The Chronicle earlier this year, Terry Eagleton wrote that universities, and especially humanities departments, are no longer "one of the few arenas in which prevailing ideologies can be submitted to some rigorous scrutiny," now that they are administered by "hard-faced philistines and purveyors of crass utility".
At that time, Libertarianism was one of two prevailing ideologies within the Republican Party.
For a group of organizations that were founded upon the idea of fostering lifelong relationships among women, it is telling of their prevailing ideologies that they still choose to present such a limited and racially homogeneous version of sisterhood.
Just as Step 1 encourages you to consider the prevailing ideologies about sex in your community, think about what your partner believes.
