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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
What is Jubilee hoping to accomplish by platforming radical perspectives and facilitating rage-bait blood sport, even between nominally well-meaning ideologues?
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Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
The health and safety of our communities should not hang on the whim of a political ideologue.
—Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Regardless of the ideologues that are out there, accounting for these children is critical.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
When President Donald Trump appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court weeks before the 2020 election, outraged liberals attacked her as a right-wing ideologue while elated conservatives swooned over the promotion of a protégé of the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 25 June 2025
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Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
The health and safety of our communities should not hang on the whim of a political ideologue.
—Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Regardless of the ideologues that are out there, accounting for these children is critical.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
When President Donald Trump appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court weeks before the 2020 election, outraged liberals attacked her as a right-wing ideologue while elated conservatives swooned over the promotion of a protégé of the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideologue
Noun
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During World War II, the song was transformed by Italian partisans into an anti-fascist anthem.—
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Albert Rowuin, who lives in Orange County, is a hardcore partisan.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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My friend, the late Dr. Dorothy I. Height, once described me as a dreamer with a shovel in my hands.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And in late August, the father of conservative political activist Riley Gaines filed for the seat.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is sending shockwaves through Capitol Hill, a place that is no stranger to political violence.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologue. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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