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idealogue
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Examples of ideologue in a Sentence
as long as there are ideologues controlling both sides of the aisle, legislative compromise is out of the question
the revolutionaries proved to be impractical ideologues who had no idea how to run a country
Recent Examples of ideologue from the Web
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His campaign itself was a rotating cast of amateurs, ideologues, and family members instead of professional managers and experienced foreign-policy hands.
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Mr Bolton is both an ideologue and a ferociously effective bureaucratic infighter, with a history of reshaping intelligence reports to suit his own purposes.
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Unfortunately, Taleb is also a snide, smug, one-size-fits-all ideologue.
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But in the Central Valley and Orange County, the people who inhabit those districts and cast the votes aren’t ideologues.
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Brown said Shelby is more pragmatist than ideologue and will work with other senators to reach deals where everyone gets something.
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This lack of clarity may stem from the fact that these people are not ideologues but reformists.
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Origin and Etymology of ideologue
French idéologue, back-formation from idéologie
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First Known Use: 1815
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Definition of ideologue for English Language Learners
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: someone who very strongly supports and is guided by the ideology of a particular group
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