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also idealogue
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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
The ideologues can go somewhere else.
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Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
In embracing a rapprochement with the United States under President Obama, Raúl Castro, long seen as an ideologue by Cubanologists, played the hand of a pragmatist.
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Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
The Executive Branch has garnered more influential power because Congress spends 70% of their time stalemating ideologues performing for special interests and donors.
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Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
20 May 2026
Long known as a sunny destination for transient retirees and fraudsters alike, Florida is central to the modern conservative political movement and a training ground for far-right ideologues and violent extremists.
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Kate Payne,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
In embracing a rapprochement with the United States under President Obama, Raúl Castro, long seen as an ideologue by Cubanologists, played the hand of a pragmatist.
—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
The Executive Branch has garnered more influential power because Congress spends 70% of their time stalemating ideologues performing for special interests and donors.
—
Baltimore Sun Staff,
Baltimore Sun,
20 May 2026
Long known as a sunny destination for transient retirees and fraudsters alike, Florida is central to the modern conservative political movement and a training ground for far-right ideologues and violent extremists.
—
Kate Payne,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ideologue
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Reynolds tracks the willingness of northern partisans—Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Lyman Trumbull, and even Sumner himself—to abandon that cause by the dwindling references to Jamestown and Plymouth.
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Meanwhile, partisans continued to spar over dozens of Republican bills that would allow voters to lower property taxes for homeowners by raising sales taxes on everyone.
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But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead.
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For Rolling Stone’s Last Word column, Midler talked about the gigs, auditions, and storied feuds that took her from dreamer to entertainment legend.
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The country is also home to several minority groups that have clashed with regime forces in the past, including Kurdish militants, Arab and Baloch separatists, among others.
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Since overthrowing the Assad dynasty and taking power in a lightning insurgency in December 2024, Syria’s new rulers have cracked down on militants from the extremist Islamic State group in an attempt to thwart attacks in and around the capital.
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Photos of the demonstrators show Patriot Front leader and far-right activist Thomas Rousseau walking with the group.
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Trudell was a Santee and Mexican American activist and poet, who died in 2015.
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Willis, not surprisingly, is happy to be seen as an artistic crusader.
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Saba masquerades like a CEF crusader whose mission is to eliminate any and every CEF discount.
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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologue. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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