Dictionary

ideologue en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑɪ.di.ə.lɔɡ/ (Australia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈaɪ.di.ə.lɒɡ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɪ.di.ə.lɑɡ/ (General-American)
• /ˈɪ-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈaɪ-/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed from French idéologue. By surface analysis, ideo- + -logue. First attested in the 19th century.

Meanings

1. One 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. 1989, Eric R. A. N. Smith, The Unchanging American Voter, University of California Press, page 98:
   • The concept of ideology has its origins in the 19th century and was first used as a technical word by Destutt de Tracy. He was also considered the first ideologue, since he applied this word as a substitute for metaphysics. 2005, Rodney P. Carlisle, editor, Encyclopedia of Politics: The Left and the Right, page 229:
   • Lin Biao's fall reduced the contending political groups to radical ideologues and bureaucrats, the latter headed by Zhou Enlai. Mao tried to bring the two warring groups together, relying on the ideologues to maintain a revolutionary momentum, while counting on the bureaucrats to preserve order and run the economy. 1991, Hong Yung Lee, From Revolutionary Cadres to Party Technocrats in Socialist China, University of California Press, page 113:

Forms

Relateds

idealogue

Synonyms

ideologist

Translations (44)

hy գաղափարախոս (advocate of a particular ideology) · ko 공론가 (advocate of a particular ideology) · ja 空論家 (advocate of a particular ideology) · tr ideolog (advocate of a particular ideology) · ru идео́лог (advocate of a particular ideology) · es ideóloga (advocate of a particular ideology) · no ideolog (advocate of a particular ideology) · la ideologus (advocate of a particular ideology) · gl ideóloga (advocate of a particular ideology) · gl ideólogo (advocate of a particular ideology) · es ideólogo (advocate of a particular ideology) · ro ideolog (advocate of a particular ideology) · pl ideolog (advocate of a particular ideology) · de Ideologe (advocate of a particular ideology) · af ideoloog (advocate of a particular ideology) · bg идео́лог (advocate of a particular ideology) · hi विचारक (advocate of a particular ideology) · fa ایدئولوگ (advocate of a particular ideology) · ar مُؤَدْلِج (advocate of a particular ideology) · ca ideòleg (advocate of a particular ideology) · cs ideolog (advocate of a particular ideology) · de Ideologin (advocate of a particular ideology) · fr idéologue (advocate of a particular ideology) · sv ideolog (advocate of a particular ideology) · tl palakuro (advocate of a particular ideology) · tl mangunguro (advocate of a particular ideology) · id ideolog (advocate of a particular ideology) · ca ideòloga (advocate of a particular ideology) · ar مُنَظِّر (advocate of a particular ideology) · he אידיאולוג (advocate of a particular ideology) · fa نظریه پرداز (advocate of a particular ideology) · it ideologo (advocate of a particular ideology) · cmn 理論家 /理论家 (advocate of a particular ideology) · nl ideoloog (advocate of a particular ideology) · ga idé-eolaí (advocate of a particular ideology) · fi ideologi (advocate of a particular ideology) · el ιδεολόγος (advocate of a particular ideology) · ka იდეოლოგი (advocate of a particular ideology) · hu ideológus (advocate of a particular ideology) · ro ideologă (advocate of a particular ideology) · lv ideologs (advocate of a particular ideology) · da ideolog (advocate of a particular ideology) · pt ideólogo (advocate of a particular ideology) · pt ideóloga (advocate of a particular ideology)