ideologue

[ ahy-dee-uh-lawg, -log, id-ee-, ahy-dee- ]

noun

1. a person who zealously advocates an ideology.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ideologue¹

1805–15; < French idéologue; ideo-, -logue

Example Sentences

Harris’ 21-year record in elected office — more experience than Trump or Barack Obama had — solves this non-riddle: She’s always been a center-left pragmatist, not a progressive ideologue.

From Los Angeles Times

One that came up was a judgment by the Nazi Party’s chief racist ideologue, Alfred Rosenberg, about the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” an antisemitic tract wholly fabricated by officials in Tsarist Russia.

From Los Angeles Times

“Are you willing to look at what the problems are and deal with them? Or are you an ideologue? Do ideas or people come first?”

From Los Angeles Times

Smith is not registered with a major political party and says he’s “not an ideologue,” although he has stated he will vote for the Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.

From Los Angeles Times

The 44-year-old has been described as the Kremlin's top propagandist and ideologue, almost more Putinist than the Russian president himself.

From BBC