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i⋅de⋅o⋅logue

[ahy-dee-uh-lawg, -log, id-ee-, ahy-dee-]
–noun
a person who zealously advocates an ideology.

Origin:
1805–15; < F idéologue; see ideo-, -logue
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i·de·o·logue   (ī'dē-ə-lôg', -lŏg', ĭd'ē-)   
n.  An advocate of a particular ideology, especially an official exponent of that ideology.

[French idéologue, back-formation from idéologie, ideology; see ideology.]
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