ideologist

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

noun

an expert in ideology.

a person who deals with systems of ideas.

a person advocating a particular ideology.

a visionary.

Origin of ideologist

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

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Examples from the Web for ideologist

Contemporary Examples of ideologist

“Snowden is an ideologist, a victim of certain conditions,” Soldatov says.
Moscow to Snowden: Welcome to Russia
Anna Nemtsova
August 1, 2013

Historical Examples of ideologist

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

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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