👉 Okay, settle into your moth beneath that frankly depressing beige ottoman; let’s tackle this little prickly pear of a word –
"idéologue."
Now, before you immediately reach for the stiff dock waggles and assume I just threw in some fancy French because I'm feeling pretentious (frankly, it's not entirely unfounded), let me clarify. "Idéologue(—)“ literally translates into something along the lines of, "one who has a theory about things that’s
utter bollocks
. 100% and absolutely, without a shred of self-doubt, based on some half-baked, overblown conviction.”
Historically, it came from the French term for a type of political fanatic. You know, those guys with the long frock coats and the unsettling certainty they hold the absolute truth that only
they’r
seeing. It's evolved into something...stickier. Today, we use it to describe someone who isn’t just an outspoken believer; they are a blustering, inflexible, and frankly, rather irritating zealot about a particular doctrine.
Think of it as the difference between having a solid opinion and actively trying to convince everyone else that
your
opinion is the only remotely sane one while dismantling any opposing viewpoint with a terrifying level of conviction. There's an arrogance attached, and an obliviousness that just makes your teeth itch. They’ll probably have a very specific little manual for