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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
Freed from the ideologues who have held them hostage, even most bureaucrats serving in the Islamic Republic today could rediscover the best of our history and reorient their efforts toward our nation’s improvement.
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Arash Azizi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
The decline of mainstream Christian voices in recent decades left a vacuum that the most extreme ideologues and provocateurs eagerly filled.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Against the ideologues, Boyle portrayed Goethe as a changeable creature, beholden to historical shifts in power but able to turn them to his advantage with daring and dignity.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Third parties, which are usually based on fringe views or a sense of grievance, are vehicles for ideologues, provocateurs and contrarians whose appeal is as limited as their problem-solving skills.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
Arash Azizi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
The decline of mainstream Christian voices in recent decades left a vacuum that the most extreme ideologues and provocateurs eagerly filled.
—Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
Against the ideologues, Boyle portrayed Goethe as a changeable creature, beholden to historical shifts in power but able to turn them to his advantage with daring and dignity.
—Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Third parties, which are usually based on fringe views or a sense of grievance, are vehicles for ideologues, provocateurs and contrarians whose appeal is as limited as their problem-solving skills.
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideologues
Noun
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Good and bad ideas come from all sides of the political spectrum, and hyper-partisans who don’t understand that are unable to see the full range of options when making public policy.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Feb. 2026
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Motele, whose parents were murdered by the Nazis, escaped into the forest and joined a group of Jewish partisans.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Not seeing us at all — as parents, neighbors, teachers, leads, lovers, screw‑ups, dreamers — damages us.—
Gloria Calderon Kellett,
Deadline,
29 Jan. 2026
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Positive, resilient, adventurous, empathetic dreamers both!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Nigeria is in the grip of a complex security crisis, with an insurgency by Islamic militants in the northeast alongside a surge in kidnappings for ransom by gunmen across the northwest and north-central regions over recent months.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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Israel's military said its aircraft and armored units had returned fire after militants started shooting at troops, badly wounding a reservist soldier who was evacuated to a hospital.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The pungent fumes from the foam engulfed the air as activists waded through the toxic water.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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The open availability of this kind of material poses a threat not only to migrants and activists but anyone with a digital footprint, because depending on AI to sort through it will inevitably lead to mistakes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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To now endure censure by overzealous anti-Pretendian crusaders, and banishment by bureaucratic tribal decrees and reactionary blood-quantum rules, feels particularly bitter.—
David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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For now, privacy crusaders are left to wait.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Ideologues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologues. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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