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also idealogue
1
as in partisan
one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause
as long as there are ideologues controlling both sides of the aisle, legislative compromise is out of the question
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2
as in dreamer
one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world
the revolutionaries proved to be impractical ideologues who had no idea how to run a country
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Recent Examples of ideologue
As the Trump administration demonstrates, forms of moral discourse evolved by left-wing thinkers can serve the purposes of right-wing ideologues.
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Graham Robb, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
The former are represented by committed ideologues like Navarro, Lutnick and Steve Bannon, who have long pushed Trump to adopt more hardline policies.
—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
With Illinois at the epicenter of a national and potentially global crisis, the play satirizes a range of all-American ideologues: conspiracy theorists, doomsday preachers, isolationists and jingoistic military types.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
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
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Graham Robb, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
The former are represented by committed ideologues like Navarro, Lutnick and Steve Bannon, who have long pushed Trump to adopt more hardline policies.
—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
With Illinois at the epicenter of a national and potentially global crisis, the play satirizes a range of all-American ideologues: conspiracy theorists, doomsday preachers, isolationists and jingoistic military types.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideologue
Noun
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As for the loyal opposition, Democrats are in bad odor with voters and even many of their own partisans after Joe Biden’s handlers gaslighted the public on the frailty and declining faculties of the octogenarian president.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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In Italy this became essential reading about the experiences of Jewish partisans during the war.—
Suzanne Cope
July 3,
Literary Hub,
3 July 2025
Noun
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At a Los Angeles house party, an aspiring musician pursues her crush through a crowd of hopeful dreamers chasing empty promises.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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For all the dreamers out there, Sterling K. Brown’s got the summertime TV escape for you.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 June 2025
Noun
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The 33-year-old state assemblyman has ensnared a wide net of seasoned billionaires and enthusiastic young activists, presented as a regular New Yorker who lived in Africa as a child.—
Alexandra Bregman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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All of these cities have something in common: Local lawmakers voted to increase police budgets in 2024, despite pressure from activists who wanted to defund the police.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologue. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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