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  • noun A person advocating some ideology, especially as an official or the most eminent advocate.

Etymologies

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From French idéologue, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idea, "notion, pattern") + -λόγος (-logos, "one who speaks (in a certain manner)"), equivalent to idea +‎ -log

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Examples

  • But she's been doing this as a pragmatic realist not an ideolog, which is probably why people like you aren't comfortable with her.

    Edwards To Be Endorsed By Key Iowa Group 2009

  • Yea, it is a little uglier, but debate is non partisan unless you are an ideolog that decides it is easier to give the same answers rather than listen to the question.

    Obama takes heat from Democrats over jobs 2009

  • Unfortunatly Sad, you are an ideolog who could care less about the truth, and these 45,000 people you are talking about.

    Welcome to the Tea Party: Infighting plagues conservative group 2010

  • For instance: planes commandeered by rabid ideolog ...

    Giles Slade: Planes, Presidents, and the Big Apple 2009

  • For instance: planes commandeered by rabid ideolog ... digg

    Giles Slade: Planes, Presidents, and the Big Apple 2009

  • He certainly knows his onions and he has the backing of the Venezuelan leftist establishment as well as his famous political ideolog father, William.

    Nothing has changed since the days of Caesar and Brutus! Et tu! 2008

  • The political debate over global warming has generated so many "bad science" explanations on both sides of the arguement that getting into a discussion with an ideolog from either side can be an infuriating waste of time.

    meditation xvii 2006

  • This is not to imply that the idea itself is necessarily a constantly fluctuating one, since the ambiguous term has retained an ideolog - ical permanence which has made it an article of faith

    JUSTICE MORRIS D. FORKOSCH 1968

  • Rand Paul strikes me as holding fairly similar views to the neo-cons. .on cultural/social issues he is anti-abortion, anti equal rights for gay people, economically he has a strong pro-market and corporate ideolog.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • Rand Paul strikes me as holding fairly similar views to the neo-cons. .on cultural/social issues he is anti-abortion, anti equal rights for gay people, economically he has a strong pro-market and corporate ideolog.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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