ideologue

noun ideo·logue \ ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg , -ˌläg \

variants: or less commonly idealogue

|Updated on: 17 Aug 2018

Examples: ideologue in a Sentence

Definition of ideologue

1 : an impractical idealist : theorist

2 : an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology

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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

For free-market ideologues, government schools are always a last resort and available to the poor.

— valerie strauss, Washington Post, "What and who is fueling the movement to privatize public education — and why you should care," 30 May 2018
If Trump hadn’t outsourced policymaking on issues like immigration to the hard line ideologues and had pursued a more pragmatic streak, his approval rating would probably be higher.

— james hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Trump is driving a surge in public support for stricter gun laws since Florida," 26 Feb. 2018
Handing the Koch brothers and their fellow right-wing ideologues a big victory, the House on Tuesday passed a right-to-try bill that will harm patients and emasculate the Food and Drug Administration.

— michael hiltzik, latimes.com, "Giving Koch brothers a big win over patients and the FDA, House sends a right-to-try bill to Trump," 22 May 2018
The president likes Mr Bolton’s damn-your-eyes style, but has a way of surrounding himself with diverse opinions, and tires of ideologues.

— The Economist, "Why Donald Trump is unlikely to start a catastrophic conflict," 28 Mar. 2018
But she, like Hess, does not detect a higher number of partisan ideologues teaching high school courses.

— john sharp, AL.com, "How an Alabama classroom and a right-wing reading list put a fresh rip in America's partisan divide," 4 Feb. 2018
Inside the White House, [policy director Stephen] Miller has emerged as a staunch ideologue and an immigration hawk championing an agenda of right-wing nationalism.

— james hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: As alcoholism fells another congressman, a reminder that no one is immune to addiction," 29 May 2018
Comedy particularly needs to be defended against ideologues.

— andrew sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, "A Democracy Disappears," 13 Apr. 2018
Scalise, meanwhile, has always been seen as the more conservative policy ideologue when compared to McCarthy.

— tara golshan, Vox, "The race for the next leader of House Republicans is on," 13 Apr. 2018

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