ideologue

noun

ideo·​logue ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg How to pronounce ideologue (audio)
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variants or less commonly idealogue
1
: an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology
2
: an impractical idealist : theorist

Examples of ideologue in a Sentence

as long as there are ideologues controlling both sides of the aisle, legislative compromise is out of the question the revolutionaries proved to be impractical ideologues who had no idea how to run a country
Recent Examples on the Web Even so, some ideologues close to the regime think this is not enough. Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024 What these ideologues never seem to grasp is that the costs of their crusades are always borne heaviest by the folks on Main Street. Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 And neither Coppola nor Snyder deals with how ideologues have plundered the West. Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024 Other Tenet ideologues include Lauren Southern, Benny Johnson, and Matt Christiansen. Samantha Riedel, Them, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ideologue 

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Word History

Etymology

French idéologue, back-formation from idéologie

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of ideologue was in 1815

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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ideologue. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.

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