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Ideologue | Define Ideologue at Dictionary.com

Ideologue | Define Ideologue at Dictionary.com









ideologue







noun - a person who zealously advocates an ideology.



Origin > French 1805-15; < French idéologue; see ideo-, -logue












Examples from the web for ideologue


  • One would have to be an ideologue of the highest order to hear that as a question about dietary choice.
  • He's a right-wing ideologue, a member of the far-right.
  • To show you as a narrow minded ideologue without independent thought, yes.






Word Origin and History for ideologue

n. 1815, in reference to the French Revolutionaries, from French ideologue, from Greek idea (see idea ) + -logos (see -logue ). Earlier form was ideologist (1798).