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ideologue

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɒɡ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɑɡ/
  • US: /ˈɪ.di.ə.lɑɡ/
  • Australian: /ˈɑɪ.di.ə.lɔɡ/
  • CMU ARPABET: AY1 D IY0 AH0 L OW0 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who advocates an ideology, especially as an official or preeminent advocate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an advocate of some ideology

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ideologist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French idéologue (circa 1800), from earlier idéologie (“ideology”) (1796). Classical compound on Ancient Greek roots, equivalent to ideo- + -logue.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: ideoloog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Arabic: مُنَظِّر (munaẓẓir) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Arabic: مُؤَدْلِج (muʔadlij) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Armenian: գաղափարախոս (gaġapʻaraxos) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Bulgarian: идео́лог (ideólog) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Catalan: ideòleg — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Catalan: ideòloga — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 理論家 /理论家 (lǐlùnjiā) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Czech: ideolog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Danish: ideolog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Dutch: ideoloog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Finnish: ideologi — advocate of a particular ideology
  • French: idéologue — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Galician: ideólogo — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Galician: ideóloga — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Georgian: იდეოლოგი (ideologi) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • German: Ideologe — advocate of a particular ideology
  • German: Ideologin — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Greek: ιδεολόγος (ideológos) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Hebrew: אידיאולוג — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Hindi: विचारक (vicārak) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Hungarian: ideológus — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Indonesian: ideolog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Irish: idé-eolaí — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Italian: ideologo — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Japanese: 空論家 (kūronka) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Korean: 공론가 (gongnon'ga) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Latin: ideologus — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Latvian: ideologs — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Norwegian: ideolog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Persian: نظریه پرداز — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Persian: ایدئولوگ (ide'olog) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Polish: ideolog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Portuguese: ideólogo — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Portuguese: ideóloga — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Romanian: ideolog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Romanian: ideologă — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Russian: идео́лог (ideólog) — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Spanish: ideólogo — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Spanish: ideóloga — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Swedish: ideolog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Tagalog: palakuro — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Tagalog: mangunguro — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Turkish: ideolog — advocate of a particular ideology
  • Urdu: نظریہ — advocate of a particular ideology
Real reading context

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