ideologue
pronunciation
How to pronounce ideologue in British English:
UK [ˈaɪdiəlɒg]
How to pronounce ideologue in American English:
US [ˈaɪdiəlɔg]
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- Noun:
- an advocate of some ideology
Word Origin
- ideologue (n.)
- 1815, in reference to the French Revolutionaries, from French ideologue, from Greek idea (see idea) + -logos (see -logue). Earlier form was ideologist (1798).
Example
- 1. But he is adamant that he 's a pragmatist not an ideologue .
- 2. Never a rightwing ideologue , he consistently refused any accommodation with the party founded by jean-marie le pen .
- 3. A senior spanish conservative ideologue admitted 10 years ago that for precisely this reason he feared the end of eta more than he feared the group 's terrorist campaign .
- 4. Labour says mr osborne is a dangerous ideologue , cutting public spending too deeply and ignoring warning signs of an economic slump in stubborn pursuit of what it says is his real goal , a smaller state .
- 5. Hassan al-turabi , the islamist ideologue who organised the coup that installed mr bashir , explicitly sought a sunni version of iran 's shia revolution , complete with revolutionary guards , severe dress codes and sharia courts .