noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɒɡ/
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US:/ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɑɡ/
US:/ˈɪ.di.ə.lɑɡ/
Australian:/ˈɑɪ.di.ə.lɔɡ/
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noun
Meaning 1
A person who advocates an ideology, especially as an official or preeminent advocate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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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.
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