ideologue

noun

ideo·​logue ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg 

-ˌläg

variants or less commonly idealogue

1

: an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology

2

: an impractical idealist : theorist

Synonyms

• crusader
• fanatic
• militant
• partisan
• partizan
• red hot
• true believer
• zealot

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

Sherk and his fellow ideologues may hope that a reinstated Schedule F will enable them to clear out the footdraggers, but agency rule-making would still remain a cumbersome process subject to congressional review. —Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

Bowing to religious and partisan ideologues in 2001, George W. Bush restricted embryonic stem cell research. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025

While Baghdad spiralled into out-of-control violence, the G.O.P. ideologues who reported for duty in the desert worked to privatize Iraqi government agencies, revamp the tax code, and launch an anti-smoking campaign. —Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025

The frontiersmen like [Jim] Bridger give way to ideologues like Brigham Young, who were able to marshal the many. —Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French idéologue, back-formation from idéologie

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 2