Synonyms of ideologue
Examples of ideologue in a Sentence
as long as there are ideologues controlling both sides of the aisle, legislative compromise is out of the question
the revolutionaries proved to be impractical ideologues who had no idea how to run a country
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Young ideologues compete to prove their fealty to MAGA by engaging in a kind of transgressive one-upmanship.
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Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Freed from the ideologues who have held them hostage, even most bureaucrats serving in the Islamic Republic today could rediscover the best of our history and reorient their efforts toward our nation’s improvement.
—Arash Azizi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Unlike Trong, an ideologue who prioritized party discipline, Lam has focused on economic performance and repeatedly emphasized the need to empower the private sector and move Vietnam beyond a growth model built on cheap labor, exports and foreign investment.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Some of the Catholic and Jewish characters are caricatures, too, but this anonymous ideologue is a bit too understated for someone wanting to conscript another into deadly service and could benefit from the absurdist flair Cash deploys elsewhere.
—Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
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Laura K. Field, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Freed from the ideologues who have held them hostage, even most bureaucrats serving in the Islamic Republic today could rediscover the best of our history and reorient their efforts toward our nation’s improvement.
—Arash Azizi, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Unlike Trong, an ideologue who prioritized party discipline, Lam has focused on economic performance and repeatedly emphasized the need to empower the private sector and move Vietnam beyond a growth model built on cheap labor, exports and foreign investment.
—Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
Some of the Catholic and Jewish characters are caricatures, too, but this anonymous ideologue is a bit too understated for someone wanting to conscript another into deadly service and could benefit from the absurdist flair Cash deploys elsewhere.
—Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for ideologue
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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ideologue. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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