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extremist

noun as in person zealous about a belief

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But their political star is rising again, and could attract voters disillusioned with both the government and the populist or extremist opposition.

From BBC

Jewish extremists want the land annexed and Palestinians replaced with Jewish settlers.

From BBC

“When extremists like them come after me, or campaigns like mine — to me, it means that we’re doing something right,” Fateh said.

From Salon

“One Battle After Another” is entrenched in the folly that comes with our ultramodern push-and-pull between two extremist modes of thinking.

From Salon

Throughout the 1920s, Wessel drifted into several right-wing extremist organizations, and then drifted out again when he found them insufficiently militant.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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