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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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The bottom line: partisans may spin the price of gasoline, but the true story lies in the global interplay of supply, demand, and investment.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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While there’s no indication the data has been rigged (assertions from the White House aside) – or will be rigged in the future – the White House’s nomination of a partisan to lead the government’s economic data agency was enough to worry global economic and financial circles.—
Luciana Lopez,
CNN Money,
18 Aug. 2025
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Like legions of dreamers before him, McGuirk started on film and TV sets as a PA, an often thankless job where random castigations from members of the cast or crew can be par for the course.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Continue To Dream At the heart of every nonprofit is a desire for transformative change—a testament to the dreamers and visionaries who brave challenges in pursuit of a better world.—
Rachelle Rutherford,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The lawyer, activist, and University of California, Los Angeles professor heads the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia Law School.—
John Scott Lewinski,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Nearly a year after being removed from Lincoln Heights' village council over a tax dispute, a leading community activist has had his seat restored by a state appeals court.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologue. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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