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ideologue
noun ideo·logue \ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg, -ˌläg\
: someone who very strongly supports and is guided by the ideology of a particular group
Full Definition of IDEOLOGUE
1
: an impractical idealist : theorist
2
: an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology
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Variants of IDEOLOGUE
ideo·logue also idea·logue \ˈī-dē-ə-ˌlȯg, -ˌläg\
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Origin of IDEOLOGUE
French idéologue, back-formation from idéologie
First Known Use: 1815
Related to IDEOLOGUE
- Synonyms
- crusader, fanatic, zealot (also idealogue), militant, partisan (also partizan), red hot, true believer
- Antonyms
- nonmilitant
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