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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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"This partnership has improved intelligence sharing, operational coordination, and the overall effectiveness of Nigerian-led efforts against violent extremist organizations."

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Social media has accelerated the process, allowing extremist narratives to spread quickly and widely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

They had no apparent links to international terrorist networks — until Malik pledged allegiance to the leader of the extremist group Islamic State on Facebook shortly before the attack.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

The film traces how suspicion fell in particular on several members of the Jewish Defense League, a group founded by extremist rabbi Meir Kahane before his own assassination in 1990.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

An extremist of a school he could not now be; but “it is not for nothing,” as he says, that he was trained in it.

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred