ideologist

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Recent Examples of ideologist Vance’s first guest was Stephen Miller, a White House deputy chief of staff and arguably the Administration’s chief ideologist. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideologist
Noun
  • The ideologues can go somewhere else.
    Jack Fink, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The people interviewed by Theroux are not ideologues in the traditional sense.
    Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The strike closed schools during the first few days, but the district’s five campuses had since reopened — though union representatives have said few students returned to school.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • And why is the city continuing to spend millions of dollars building a stadium that would displace BPS students, before the Supreme Judicial Court has ruled on its constitutionality?
    Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Iraqi prime minister at the time, Nuri al-Maliki, was a Shiite sectarian with close ties to Iran, and many of his fellow Shia thought he could be relied on to listen to Iran’s wishes and find a way to avoid clashing with an Iranian proxy militia.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Both sides insist the other initiated the initial volley of gunfire that killed four agents and six sectarians.
    Joshua Alston, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • Fellow devotees should not miss this glam, affordable, old-school night out on Chicago’s North Side, celebrating live music demanding sophisticated interpretation — increasingly a rarity, alas, in our toddlin’ town.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Longtime Silversea devotees will notice subtle changes, such as smaller charcuterie boards and dinner menus at La Terrazza.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In his writing, Plante can come off as a zealot.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The apocalyptic religious zealots who ran the Iranian police state were on the verge of complete construction of a nuclear bomb.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Though as filmmaker Alex Ross Perry, a major VHS collector and advocate, points out, there are plenty of physical media enthusiasts for whom the older format is a bridge too far.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The energy was high in Vancouver last night as thousands of bartenders, industry insiders, and cocktail enthusiasts gathered for the unveiling of the 2026 edition of North America’s 50 Best Bars.
    Megan Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • When the Dodgers public address announcer read the Cubs starting lineup, Dodgers fans vehemently booed Crow-Armstrong, a trend that continued before each at-bat and again Saturday when he was announced pregame.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • League handlers gave Heidenreich a chance to walk through the crowd and dap up the adoring fans.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The fire caused widespread damage and injured one worshipper.
    Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025

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“Ideologist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologist. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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