Main Entry: ideo·logue

Variant(s): also idea·logue \ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg, -ˌläg\

Function: noun

Etymology: French idéologue, back-formation from idéologie

Date: 1815

1 : an impractical idealist : theorist
2 : an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology