ideologist

[ ahy-dee-ol-uh-jist, id-ee- ]

/ ˌaɪ diˈɒl ə dʒɪst, ˌɪd i- /

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noun

an expert in ideology.

a person who deals with systems of ideas.

a person advocating a particular ideology.

a visionary.

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Origin of ideologist

First recorded in 1790–1800; ideolog(y) + -ist

Words nearby ideologist

ideo-, ideogram, ideograph, ideography, ideological, ideologist, ideologize, ideologue, ideology, ideomotor, ideopolis

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How to use ideologist in a sentence

“Snowden is an ideologist, a victim of certain conditions,” Soldatov says.
Moscow to Snowden: Welcome to Russia|Anna Nemtsova|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But why did not this ideologist perceive that man is not proprietor even of his own faculties?
What is Property?|P. J. Proudhon
The forehead is not too high,—it bespeaks no ideologist—but compact, and of iron strength.
Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829.|Hermann Pckler-Muskau

British Dictionary definitions for ideologist

ideologist

/ (ˌaɪdɪˈɒlədʒɪst) /

noun

a person who supports a particular ideology, esp a political theorist

a person who studies an ideology or ideologies

a theorist or visionary

Also: ideologue (ˈaɪdɪəˌlɒɡ)

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