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also idealogue
1
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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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
Another worthy read from Simon van Zuylen-Wood in The Washington Post Magazine: How Vance transformed himself into a far-right ideologue.
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Megan McArdle, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Even so, some ideologues close to the regime think this is not enough.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
What these ideologues never seem to grasp is that the costs of their crusades are always borne heaviest by the folks on Main Street.
—Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
And neither Coppola nor Snyder deals with how ideologues have plundered the West.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noun
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Fostering greater collaboration between Ukrainian forces and local partisans would also help.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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The conflicted partisans are mostly Republican voters who have big personal qualms about Trump.Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
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Big dreamers have busy minds, need the intense focus of their dreams to carry them through life as far as possible.Jim Clash, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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From Chicken Man’s perspective, this guy was a dreamer.Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
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Hernández is a veteran of Santa Ana’s activist scene, working on local campaigns and as Orange County co-regional director for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential run.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Shares in Disney have experienced volatility this year as the company contended with a proxy battle from numerous activists and grappled with ongoing challenges in many of its businesses.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Ideologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ideologue. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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