IDEALOGUE Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

ideologue

noun

ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg

variants also idealogue

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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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 The fact that Ellison may be more of a pragmatist than a Rupert Murdoch–style ideologue could serve some cold comfort to those at CNN who fear not only cuts but an editorial shift of the kind that has occurred at CBS News. —

Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026 Apparently, ideologues who put their losing agenda above what’s best for the city’s residents. —

The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026 In the meantime, a group of ideologues inside the agency were elevated to the role of senior advisers in its top office. —

Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026 Young ideologues compete to prove their fealty to MAGA by engaging in a kind of transgressive one-upmanship. —

Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ideologue

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Disrupting basic services to millions of Americans in such circumstances only makes sense to die-hard partisans.

— U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
That was the result of angry partisans taking seriously Trump’s bogus election-fraud claims.

— Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026