Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
ideologue .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One given to fanciful ideas or theories; a theorist; a spectator.
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- noun One given to
fanciful ideas ortheories .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Coomarasamy is again peddling the Webb-line that whenever Obama flip-flops he is being a "pragmatist" and not an "idealogue" - unlike George Bush.
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The problem with not being an idealogue, that is, not saying it is positively black or white, is that such honesty brings on problems of what shade of gray it should be.
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The problem with not being an idealogue, that is, not saying it is positively black or white, is that such honesty brings on problems of what shade of gray it should be.
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The problem with not being an idealogue, that is, not saying it is positively black or white, is that such honesty brings on problems of what shade of gray it should be.
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And while I'm at it, what, exactly is an "idealogue"?
What Does Your Ideology Say About You?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Theoretically there is much to be said for this view: but, in practice, it involves another idealism as aerial as that of any "idealogue" on the side of Liberty.
Thomas Carlyle John Nichol 1863
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Better a "idealogue" than Government owned and / or managed industries.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009
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Gramm is an example of the kind of idealogue that should be repudiated and humiliated publicly … the man should never work in public policy or lobbying again.
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Four and the Door, you're a blind idealogue and a fool.
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To attack someone that is a “centrist” that even liberals complain about as an “idealogue”?
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