ideologue
Syllables: ideo·logue/ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɒɡ/US/ˈɪ.di.ə.lɑɡ/
ideologue noun: one who advocates an ideology, especially as an official or preeminent advocate.
Noun
ideologue (plural ideologues)
- One who advocates an ideology, especially as an official or preeminent advocate.
- An examination of the Nie et al. party and candidate levels over time (shown in Figure 10) reveals that the changes in the number of ideologues in the levels from 1960 to 1964 were caused entirely by changes in the candidate index.1989, Eric R. A. N. Smith, The Unchanging American Voter, University of California Press, page 98
- Lin Biao's fall reduced the contending political groups to radical ideologues and bureaucrats, the latter headed by Zhou Enlai. Mao tried to bring the two warring groups together, relying on the ideologues to maintain a revolutionary momentum, while counting on the bureaucrats to preserve order and...1991, Hong Yung Lee, From Revolutionary Cadres to Party Technocrats in Socialist China, University of California Press, page 113
- Synonyms:
- ideologist
ideologue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
ideologue in Hindi
- advocate of a particular ideology
- विचारक vicārak
ideologue in Tamil
- கற்பனைக்கொள்கையாளர்
ideologue in Urdu
- ماہر نظریات
ideologue in Kannada
- ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತವಾದಿ, ಆದರ್ಶವಾದಿ, ಕನಸಿಗ, ಕಲ್ಪನಾಲೋಕವಾಸಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- ideologue in Tagalog
- palakuro, mangunguro
- ideologue in Arabic
- مُنَظِّر munaẓẓir, مُؤَدْلِج muʔadlij
- ideologue in Indonesian
- ideolog
- ideologue in Persian
- نظریه پرداز, ایدئولوگ ide'olog
Examples of ideologue in a sentence
- Lin Biao's fall reduced the contending political groups to radical ideologues and bureaucrats, the latter headed by Zhou Enlai.1991, Hong Yung Lee, From Revolutionary Cadres to Party Technocrats in Socialist China, University of California Press, page 113:
- He was also considered the first ideologue, since he applied this word as a substitute for metaphysics.2005, Rodney P. Carlisle, editor, Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right, page 229:
Synonyms of ideologue
Forms of ideologue
| plural | ideologues |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ideolog |
Origin of ideologue
Borrowed from French idéologue. By surface analysis, ideo- + -logue. First attested in the 19th century.
Questions about ideologue
- What does ideologue mean?
- Ideologue means one who advocates an ideology, especially as an official or preeminent advocate.
- What is ideologue in Hindi?
- Ideologue in Hindi is विचारक (vicārak). See Ideologue meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ideologue in a sentence?
- Lin Biao's fall reduced the contending political groups to radical ideologues and bureaucrats, the latter headed by Zhou Enlai.
- What part of speech is ideologue?
- Ideologue is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ideologue?
- Ideologue is pronounced /ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɒɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ideologue?
- The plural of ideologue is ideologues.
Words near ideologue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ideologue (page history and authors); ideologue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ideologue (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ideologue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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