ideologue

[ahy-dee-uh-lawg, -log, id-ee-, ahy-dee-]

noun

1. a person who zealously advocates an ideology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ideologue¹

1805–15; < French idéologue; ideo-, -logue

Example Sentences

“If she relies on ideologues rather than veteran TV newspeople, the mechanics of running the place will overwhelm her,” he said.

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They say it is "another unsurprising exit" and describe Kruger as "impossible" and an "ideologue".

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The letter accused Kennedy of stacking the agency with “political ideologues” and manipulating data on vaccine effectiveness.

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Its ideologues told some followers, who could not travel, to plan their own attacks at home and without any direction from commanders.

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There was no trace of the ideologue as she harked back to the origins of “John Proctor Is the Villain.”

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