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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
The Bay’s issues aren’t ideological and most of us aren’t wired as ideologues anyway.
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Russell Hancock, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
But if Postecoglou is a staunch ideologue, Frank is a proud pragmatist.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Trump then nominated a partisan idealogue to replace her, raising fears of political interference in economic data that investors, policymakers, businesses and the Federal Reserve rely on to make decisions.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
What is Jubilee hoping to accomplish by platforming radical perspectives and facilitating rage-bait blood sport, even between nominally well-meaning ideologues?
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
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Russell Hancock, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
But if Postecoglou is a staunch ideologue, Frank is a proud pragmatist.
—Elias Burke, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Trump then nominated a partisan idealogue to replace her, raising fears of political interference in economic data that investors, policymakers, businesses and the Federal Reserve rely on to make decisions.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
What is Jubilee hoping to accomplish by platforming radical perspectives and facilitating rage-bait blood sport, even between nominally well-meaning ideologues?
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideologue
Noun
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Vice presidents used to embrace their role as national leaders who could calm passions rather than partisans who rub salt in every wound.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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This question elicited markedly different responses among partisans.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In January, Zapata will open a flight center near Las Vegas, where dreamers can fly on a geofenced track that winds around the roughly 50-acre property.—
J. George Gorant,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the 1970s, as much as Nicholson’s rebels or Beatty’s hopeless romantics, Keaton’s optimistic dreamers repeatedly collided with the realities of the times, measuring the distance between what the counterculture thought was possible and what the world would actually allow.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Geronimo, who runs a progressive consulting firm, urged activists to amplify stories of how people are pushing back on Trump by sharing articles, photos and videos.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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In her later years, she became known as an outspoken activist for animal rights and for voicing strong, controversial opinions — such as denouncing the #MeToo movement in 2018.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologue. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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