IDEOLOGIST Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

ideologist

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Recent Examples of ideologist The other thing is, Maduro wasn’t an ideologist either, and Maduro was a gangster and crook extraordinaire. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026 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

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Noun

For the rest, Lina Ghotmeh is not an ideologue, in contrast to what French architecture seems increasingly to be moving toward.

— TIME, Time, 1 July 2026
The authors tell it through the lives of six Iranians, including a revolutionary ideologue, a tech entrepreneur, and two women at the forefront of the 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom protests.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 June 2026

Definition of ideologue

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High-school student Devon Georges was one of the flag-bearers for Saturday’s match and was shocked to get the call to do it from his mentor, Big Brothers Big Sisters Miami President and CEO Gale Nelson.

— Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026
Rafi says separate arrangements were made for female DIU students to watch late-night kickoffs in Bangladesh, through screenings at their hostels, which is why fewer women are to be seen in the videos that flooded social media.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026

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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

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Soft serve is a particular strength here, and devotees know to ask for the coffee–black raspberry twist, a Massachusetts oddity found at only a handful of parlors around the state.

— Luke Pyenson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Today, Kaia Gerber, Lily-Rose Depp, Hailey Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo and Blackpink’s Jennie are among the growing list of Repetto devotees.

— Augustine Hammond, Vogue, 13 July 2026

Definition of devotee

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Traditional safety zealot Phil Koopman points out that the public would not accept a system that cuts fatalities by 80% but the remaining ones are all children.

— Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Garrett says the new protocols acknowledge that academic institutions have the responsibility to take steps for the safety of their researchers and protect them from potentially dangerous interactions with conspiracy theorists and other reactionary zealots.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 12 June 2026

Definition of zealot

Noun

Mitchell is a member of Sac Ohana, a social group of local tiki enthusiasts.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
For the impatient sneaker enthusiasts out there, a handful of pairs from Saturday’s Brooklyn event have already found their way onto eBay with asking prices beginning at $800.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 18 July 2026

Definition of enthusiast

Noun

Kris Jenner Kim Kardashian Kylie Jenner Kylie reshared a tribute post from a fan account that posted a video of little Kylie dancing with her grandmother.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 16 July 2026
The Panini show may act as a tonic to Italian fans after Italy failed to make the tournament for the third World Cup in a row.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 July 2026

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