Word of the Day — March 27, 2012

Ideologue — ID-ee-oh-LOG — an adherent of an ideology or theory who is uncompromisingly dogmatic

Example: "David Brooks in the N.Y. Times claimed that the GOP has suicidally swung to the right: 'The ideologues have trashed the party's reputation by swinging from one embarrassing and unelectable option to the next: Bachmann, Trump, Cain, Perry, Gingrich, Santorum.'"