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also idealogues
1
as in partisans
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 dreamers
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 ideologues
All of Madrid’s eight Champions League trophies this century have been won by coaches renowned more as man-managers than tactical ideologues — two under Vicente del Bosque, three each with Zinedine Zidane and Ancelotti.
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Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
The key point is that consumers should be able to decide for themselves what kind of bags or straws to use, not the government and ideologues who want to impose their preferences on everyone else.
—Daren Bakst, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Joe Rogan visibly shocked by Charlie Kirk's death, warns of ideologues 'celebrating this'.
—FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
But the risk of arrest for online speech is not restricted to famous far-right ideologues.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
The Bay’s issues aren’t ideological and most of us aren’t wired as ideologues anyway.
—Russell Hancock, Mercury News, 16 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
Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
The key point is that consumers should be able to decide for themselves what kind of bags or straws to use, not the government and ideologues who want to impose their preferences on everyone else.
—Daren Bakst, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Joe Rogan visibly shocked by Charlie Kirk's death, warns of ideologues 'celebrating this'.
—FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
But the risk of arrest for online speech is not restricted to famous far-right ideologues.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
The Bay’s issues aren’t ideological and most of us aren’t wired as ideologues anyway.
—Russell Hancock, Mercury News, 16 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideologues
Noun
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Beloved by liberal partisans and loathed by their counterparts, Pelosi was one of the last engineers of an old-school political machine that could count votes better than anyone in a generation.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Critics will predictably argue that those two positions are inherently linked; on the opposite side of the political spectrum, oil and gas partisans could point to Gates’ essay as proof that climate hysteria was misguided all along and that fossil use should continue unimpeded.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Our country has been built by immigrants, refugees, dreamers and fighters—people who came here driven by hope and the belief that a better life was possible.—
Grace Meng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The trail traces nearly 100 miles of the Santa Fe National Historic Trail, a route that once carried traders, settlers, and dreamers westward during America’s frontier expansion.—
Erin Gifford,
Outside,
30 Oct. 2025
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Goldin’s remains, according to two Israeli sources, are likely held in Rafah in southern Gaza near an area where up to 200 Hamas militants are hiding in underground tunnels in territory occupied by Israeli forces.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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In 2010, while covering an event in Lara, a western state that has long been a government stronghold, he and several fellow journalists were ambushed by a mob of militants loyal to the regime.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But Latino political activists USA TODAY spoke with cautioned that voters who turn their back on Trump won’t necessarily embrace the Democratic Party.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The president’s office declined to comment on activists’ claims that the delay in vaccinations is a deliberate strategy intended to leave indigenous communities more vulnerable to the new coronavirus.—
Adriana Brasileiro,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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While the action-awareness gap isn’t lost on climate crusaders and corporate comptrollers alike, most climate solutions for reduction start with sentience—fashion included, and no, not just in trend forecasting.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
16 Oct. 2025
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Today’s moral crusaders assume an elementary cause-and-effect relationship between books and readers.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Ideologues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologues. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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