Idealogue

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One given to fanciful ideas or theories; someone who theorizes or speculates.

    "Government, If veritable and lawful, is not given By imposition of the foreign hand, Nor chosen from a pretty pattern-book Of some domestic idealogue who sits And coldly chooses empire, where as well He might republic."

  2. 2
    someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) wordnet
  3. 3
    Someone who espouses a particular ideology, particularly a political one.

Example

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"Government, If veritable and lawful, is not given By imposition of the foreign hand, Nor chosen from a pretty pattern-book Of some domestic idealogue who sits And coldly chooses empire, where as well He might republic."

Etymology

Compare French idéologue.

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