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

Responding to the Cass report on gender identity services in the NHS, she said they had been "hijacked by ideologues" while critics were "gagged", resulting in children being harmed.

From BBC

Bold, sweeping proposals, especially when they provoke outrage among Fox News-driven ideologues, generate significant attention.

From Salon

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

"But we must also change how we are perceived on the economy. We must be seen as pragmatists, not ideologues."

From BBC

“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