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also idealogue
1
as in partisan
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 dreamer
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 ideologue
Republicans got intense pushback from both ideologues and refiners for trying even a modest step toward carbon tariffs in the PROVE IT Act.
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Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Sherk and his fellow ideologues may hope that a reinstated Schedule F will enable them to clear out the footdraggers, but agency rule-making would still remain a cumbersome process subject to congressional review.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Bowing to religious and partisan ideologues in 2001, George W. Bush restricted embryonic stem cell research.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
While Baghdad spiralled into out-of-control violence, the G.O.P. ideologues who reported for duty in the desert worked to privatize Iraqi government agencies, revamp the tax code, and launch an anti-smoking campaign.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 23 Jan. 2025
Sherk and his fellow ideologues may hope that a reinstated Schedule F will enable them to clear out the footdraggers, but agency rule-making would still remain a cumbersome process subject to congressional review.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Bowing to religious and partisan ideologues in 2001, George W. Bush restricted embryonic stem cell research.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2025
While Baghdad spiralled into out-of-control violence, the G.O.P. ideologues who reported for duty in the desert worked to privatize Iraqi government agencies, revamp the tax code, and launch an anti-smoking campaign.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideologue
Noun
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Democrats have no more claim to Latino identity than Republicans, and the idea that putting partisans from both camps under the same ethnic tent might bring about commonality on hot-button issues such as reproductive rights or mass deportations is nonsense.—
Mike Madrid,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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As the Germans waged a savage war against Soviet partisans, the partisans, in turn, established their own reign of terror over collaborators and seized scarce food supplies from local villagers.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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And with Neptune entering your sign on March 30th, get ready to tap into your inner dreamer.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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These dreamers are still dreaming, but the alarm is going off.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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For Ethan Levine, an activist and member of RAINN’s speakers bureau, who is transgender, RAINN's removal of the survivors' stories was insulting.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Bode, the disability rights activist who became the first wheelchair user to play the role of Nessarose in Wicked in Jon M. Chu’s film, will receive the NYWIFT Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award.—
Hilary Lewis,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologue. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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