n.
Variant: also idea · logue
Pronunciation: ' ī -d ē - ə - ˌ lo ̇ g, - ˌ läg
Function: noun
Etymology: French idéologue, back-formation from idéologie
Date: 1815
1 : an impractical idealist : THEORIST
2 : an often blindly partisan advocate or adherent of a particular ideology