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Ideologue

//ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɑɡ// noun

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Noun

1
A person who advocates an ideology, especially as an official or preeminent advocate.
"An examination of the Nie et al. party and candidate levels over time (shown in Figure 10) reveals that the changes in the number of ideologues in the levels from 1960 to 1964 were caused entirely by changes in the candidate index."
2
an advocate of some ideology wordnet

Etymology

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

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