IDEOLOGUES Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

ideologues

noun

variants also idealogues

plural of ideologue

as in partisans

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 dreamers

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 ideologues The ideologues can go somewhere else. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 27 May 2026 Surely, even the most fervent ideologues could chill out on July Fourth. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 But political ideologues from both the left and the right seem to prefer histories in which the United States is either all bad or all good. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 12 May 2026 Unthinking ideologues are the problem. — Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 31 May 2026 And given the challenges from both left and right, our best hope is to strengthen a political center that brings together moderates who reject the ideologues on their flanks. — Joshua M. Davidson, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026 The people interviewed by Theroux are not ideologues in the traditional sense. — Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026 Instead, the ideologues of Russian imperialism have turned to random musings and belligerent hate speech, which seems intended to confuse rather than convince. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026 Dear Coop Members, In pursuing their anti-member campaign, some of the general coordinators have become ideologues, eager to twist facts, abuse their power, and disable member participation. — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

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Noun

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.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
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.

— David Wickert, AJC.com, 23 June 2026

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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.

— Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
For generations, Chicago has thrived because dreamers could make it here with little to their name and make something of themselves, and the bus is a prime way to do so.

— Lena Guerrero Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Definition of dreamers

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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.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
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.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of militants

Noun

In recent years, thanks to the work of scholars, artists, and local activists, public awareness of the violence of 1898 has increased.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
Soon after Kushner announced his project, environmental activists began objecting to its potential ecological implications.

— Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026

Definition of activists

Noun

The book is full of stories of villains, like the venomous heroin that took so many of Seattle’s crusaders as well as the music industry that never quite understood where Soundgarden belonged.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps.

— Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

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