Extremist
noun
A person who holds extreme political or religious views, especially one who seeks to impose those views on others.
The government has made efforts to thwart the plans of religious extremists.
Often appears as...
- political extremist
- religious extremist
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Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of people who hold extreme political or religious views.
The extremist ideologies of these groups often result in violence.
Often appears as...
- extremist group
- extremist ideologies
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
noun
A person who holds extreme political or religious views, especially one who seeks to impose those views on others.
The government has made efforts to thwart the plans of religious extremists.
Often appears as...
- political extremist
- religious extremist
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of people who hold extreme political or religious views.
The extremist ideologies of these groups often result in violence.
Often appears as...
- extremist group
- extremist ideologies
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term often implies disapproval, signifying views that are seen as unreasonable or overly aggressive.
His extremist rhetoric alienated even his closest supporters.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Impact
The word 'extremist' suggests actions or beliefs that can be disruptive or harmful to society.
Extremist groups can threaten the stability of a region.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitivity
Use with caution, as calling someone an 'extremist' may offend and halt dialogue.
Labeling the reformers as 'extremists' ended the negotiations.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term often implies disapproval, signifying views that are seen as unreasonable or overly aggressive.
His extremist rhetoric alienated even his closest supporters.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Impact
The word 'extremist' suggests actions or beliefs that can be disruptive or harmful to society.
Extremist groups can threaten the stability of a region.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitivity
Use with caution, as calling someone an 'extremist' may offend and halt dialogue.
Labeling the reformers as 'extremists' ended the negotiations.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term often implies disapproval, signifying views that are seen as unreasonable or overly aggressive.
His extremist rhetoric alienated even his closest supporters.
Pro Tip 2/3Social Impact
The word 'extremist' suggests actions or beliefs that can be disruptive or harmful to society.
Extremist groups can threaten the stability of a region.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitivity
Use with caution, as calling someone an 'extremist' may offend and halt dialogue.
Labeling the reformers as 'extremists' ended the negotiations.
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Video examples
A global culture to...
across the world by the way we were laughing at democratic activists we felt they were there from the age of yesteryear we that they were out of date I learned how to use emails from the extremist organization that I used I learned how to effectively communicate across borders without being detected
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What it's like to be a...
that every cleric that she had talked to had shut her down and said that her rage, her sense of injustice in the world, was just going to get her in trouble. And so with nowhere to channel and make sense of this anger, she was a prime target to be exploited by extremists promising her a solution.
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I am the son of a...
than my own extremist father is not lost on me. One day, I had a conversation with my mother about how my worldview was starting to change, and she said something to me that I will hold dear to my heart for as long as I live. She looked at me with the weary eyes
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Maajid Nawaz: A global...
was because I was within an extremist organization that was forced to think beyond the confines of the nation-state. The age of where ideas and narratives were increasingly defining behavior and identity and allegiances. So as I said, we looked to the status quo
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How young people join...
to have nuptials out in the sunset. It's very romantic, and you become a hero. For both men and women, that's the propaganda being given. So what extremist groups are very good at is taking a very complicated, confusing, nuanced world
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Srdja Popovic: How to...
or be overtaken by the military or extremists of all kinds? We cannot tell. The same works for the Western sector, where you can see all these excited young people protesting around the world, occupying this, occupying that.
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An inside look at...
acceptable once that person accepts that they are an extremist and when they act on that there are a violent extremists so first and foremost basic psychological discourse on nature versus nurture and this is how we grow up
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My descent into...
and if we keep ourselves from it, that fear grows, and sometimes, it turns into hatred. Since I've left the movement, I've helped over a hundred people disengage from extremist movements, from white supremacist groups --
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A free world needs...
need humor as much as the air we breathe. This is why the extremists, the dictators, the autocrats and, frankly, all the ideologues of the world cannot stand humor.
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Interviewing a Former...
You'll never get the truth from a current extremist. Their whole job is to lie to you and to spin things their own way.
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A global culture to...
across the world by the way we were laughing at democratic activists we felt they were there from the age of yesteryear we that they were out of date I learned how to use emails from the extremist organization that I used I learned how to effectively communicate across borders without being detected
Video examples
What it's like to be a...
that every cleric that she had talked to had shut her down and said that her rage, her sense of injustice in the world, was just going to get her in trouble. And so with nowhere to channel and make sense of this anger, she was a prime target to be exploited by extremists promising her a solution.
Video examples
I am the son of a...
than my own extremist father is not lost on me. One day, I had a conversation with my mother about how my worldview was starting to change, and she said something to me that I will hold dear to my heart for as long as I live. She looked at me with the weary eyes
Video examples
Maajid Nawaz: A global...
was because I was within an extremist organization that was forced to think beyond the confines of the nation-state. The age of where ideas and narratives were increasingly defining behavior and identity and allegiances. So as I said, we looked to the status quo
Video examples
How young people join...
to have nuptials out in the sunset. It's very romantic, and you become a hero. For both men and women, that's the propaganda being given. So what extremist groups are very good at is taking a very complicated, confusing, nuanced world
Video examples
Srdja Popovic: How to...
or be overtaken by the military or extremists of all kinds? We cannot tell. The same works for the Western sector, where you can see all these excited young people protesting around the world, occupying this, occupying that.
Video examples
An inside look at...
acceptable once that person accepts that they are an extremist and when they act on that there are a violent extremists so first and foremost basic psychological discourse on nature versus nurture and this is how we grow up
Video examples
My descent into...
and if we keep ourselves from it, that fear grows, and sometimes, it turns into hatred. Since I've left the movement, I've helped over a hundred people disengage from extremist movements, from white supremacist groups --
Video examples
A free world needs...
need humor as much as the air we breathe. This is why the extremists, the dictators, the autocrats and, frankly, all the ideologues of the world cannot stand humor.
Video examples
Interviewing a Former...
You'll never get the truth from a current extremist. Their whole job is to lie to you and to spin things their own way.
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Quote examples
Patrick Leahy
American Politician
If we harm civilians when it could reasonably have been avoided, and if we fail to fairly and promptly help the innocent victims, the local population will turn against us - and make the fight against violent extremists even more difficult.
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Maurice Strong
Canadian Businessman
I've got used to criticisms and, naturally, I try to make sure I don't listen to the more extreme ones because most of the people who have taken their right-wing extremist view of my life are people that I've never met.
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Jennifer Aniston
American Actress
Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated.
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Joichi Ito
Japanese Businessman
There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
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Vikas Swarup
Indian Novelist
The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
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Davey Havok
American Musician
I'm an extremist, I have to deal with my own extreme personality, and I walk the fine line of wanting to die and wanting to be the ruler of it all.
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Lina Wertmuller
Italian Director
Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women.
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Claudette Colvin
American Activist
I lost most of my friends. Their parents had told them to stay away from me, because they said I was crazy, I was an extremist.
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Leif Garrett
American Musician
I have an extremely addictive personality. I'm an extremist.
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Patrick Leahy
American Politician
If we harm civilians when it could reasonably have been avoided, and if we fail to fairly and promptly help the innocent victims, the local population will turn against us - and make the fight against violent extremists even more difficult.
Quote examples
Maurice Strong
Canadian Businessman
I've got used to criticisms and, naturally, I try to make sure I don't listen to the more extreme ones because most of the people who have taken their right-wing extremist view of my life are people that I've never met.
Quote examples
Jennifer Aniston
American Actress
Look I eat really well and I work out, but I also indulge when I want to. I don't starve myself in an extremist way. You're not taking away my coffee or my dairy or my glass of wine because I'd be devastated.
Quote examples
Joichi Ito
Japanese Businessman
There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative.
Quote examples
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.
Quote examples
Vikas Swarup
Indian Novelist
The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
Quote examples
Davey Havok
American Musician
I'm an extremist, I have to deal with my own extreme personality, and I walk the fine line of wanting to die and wanting to be the ruler of it all.
Quote examples
Lina Wertmuller
Italian Director
Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women.
Quote examples
Claudette Colvin
American Activist
I lost most of my friends. Their parents had told them to stay away from me, because they said I was crazy, I was an extremist.
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Leif Garrett
American Musician
I have an extremely addictive personality. I'm an extremist.
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