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
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If these universities are truly the factories of leftist brainwashing that conservatives claim, shouldn’t these men have emerged as progressive ideologues themselves? James Unnever, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2025 That his competency is questioned by ideologues relative to things that are currently in the political climate in Washington. Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025 Its modern ideologues, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have sought to convert Hinduism from a faith into something more akin to an ethnic identity to better consolidate the political supremacy of India’s Hindu majority. Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 Alongside that, President Donald Trump has made a bold effort to topple the rule of left-wing ideologues and the woke catechism of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) over American education, which tolerated and encouraged the surge of antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023. Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ideologue

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 Jun. 2025.

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