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synonyms for extremism

  • bigotry
  • hatred
  • intolerance
  • zeal
  • zealotry
  • abandonment
  • arbitrariness
  • bias
  • contumacy
  • dedication
  • devotion
  • dogma
  • enthusiasm
  • faction
  • frenzy
  • immoderation
  • infatuation
  • injustice
  • madness
  • monomania
  • obsessiveness
  • obstinacy
  • partiality
  • partisanship
  • passion
  • prejudice
  • rage
  • single-mindedness
  • stubbornness
  • superstition
  • tenacity
  • transport
  • unfairness
  • unruliness
  • violence
  • willfulness
  • incorrigibility
  • unreasonableness

antonyms for extremism

MOST RELEVANT
  • apathy
  • calmness
  • dislike
  • doubt
  • fairness
  • impartiality
  • indifference
  • irresolution
  • justice
  • peace
  • peacefulness
  • disinterest
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How to use extremism in a sentence

The civil rights carve-out, for example, may be well intentioned but could lead to a worsening situation as those who support political extremism try to turn their beliefs into protected speech.
HOW A DEMOCRATIC PLAN TO REFORM SECTION 230 COULD BACKFIREBOBBIE JOHNSONFEBRUARY 8, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
“The entire infrastructure of that website from the beginning was about incitement,” said Rita Katz, executive director of SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors online extremism.
THEDONALD’S OWNER SPEAKS OUT ON WHY HE FINALLY PULLED PLUG ON HATE-FILLED SITECRAIG TIMBERG, DREW HARWELLFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Often staffed in part by the formerly radicalized, they are on the front lines of the fight against right-wing extremism, a growing threat that is in the spotlight but which experts argue has long been neglected.
AFTER CAPITOL RIOTS, DESPERATE FAMILIES TURN TO GROUPS THAT ‘DEPROGRAM’ EXTREMISTSPAULINA VILLEGAS, HANNAH KNOWLESFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The vast majority joined the military for the right reasons, but even as extremism rises in society broadly, it will rise in the military.
THE U.S. MILITARY NEEDS TO FIGHT EXTREMISM IN ITS OWN RANKS. HERE'S HOWJAMES STAVRIDISFEBRUARY 5, 2021TIME
In other words, we have evidence that a member of Congress promoted the kind of extremism and even bloodlust that led to an attempted insurrection at the Capitol.
THE GOP’S MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE PROBLEM IS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROLAARON BLAKEJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The Senate is now charged with assessing the man who stoked extremism, racism and fear, who caused the veracity of the vote in the recent election to be questioned because he questioned the validity of the voters themselves.
GHOSTS OF OUR UNSETTLED PASTROBIN GIVHANJANUARY 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Authorities will blame extremism not just on Signal and Telegram, but also on Bitcoin and anything they can’t control.
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST EXTREMISM, DON'T DEMONIZE SURVEILLANCE-BUSTING TOOLS LIKE SIGNAL AND BITCOINALEX GLADSTEINJANUARY 26, 2021TIME
Changing nothing about our tactics will only deepen extremism and further the threat of violence hanging over our heads.
OUR RADICALIZED REPUBLICMAGGIE KOERTH (MAGGIE.KOERTH-BAKER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JANUARY 25, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
So far, those legal tools have gone largely unused in relation to right-wing extremism, experts say.
GLOBAL RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM NETWORKS ARE GROWING. THE U.S. IS JUST NOW CATCHING UP.BY SEBASTIAN ROTELLAJANUARY 22, 2021PROPUBLICA
When you have a body that huge, you’re gonna find some people with ties to extremism in it.
SECURITY OFFICIALS FACE THE POSSIBILITY OF A THREAT FROM THE INSIDE ON INAUGURATION DAYKIMBERLY DOZIERJANUARY 14, 2021TIME
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