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extremist

[ik-stree-mist] / ɪkˈstri mɪst /
NOUN
person zealous about a belief
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STRONGEST


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Baum has stressed that "my family and I firmly reject extremist ideologies and will not accept the AfD's appropriation of our name".

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Authorities believe that the girl was radicalized in the same extremist online networks as Vazquez and Clark and communicated with them using the messaging platform Signal, O’Neill said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Some 71% of child referrals were found to have "no specific extremist ideology identified".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

My research on how these movements evolve online and intersect with political activists and extremist networks was directly relevant to tracing how COVID-origin claims moved from fringe communities into mainstream political discourse.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

In fact, I am, and always have been, an extremist, a purist.

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani

Austria will formally open a new police station on Wednesday in Adolf Hitler's former house, in the hope of deterring today's ascendant far-right extremists from making the pilgrimage to the Nazi dictator's birthplace.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Responding to the letter, Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis called it a "powerful riposte to the hateful extremists who have targeted the Jewish community".

From BBC May 9, 2026

“The Department of Justice also knows that these confidential informants helped law enforcement put violent extremists in jail.”

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

The ransom deal included the release of dozens of Islamist extremists imprisoned in Mali.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

In addition, more than 52 percent of the shootouts between extremists and police now involve white extremists.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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