lunatic fringe

NOUN

holders of extreme views

Synonyms

WEAK

aficionados energumen extremists fanatical group fanaticos fanatics nuts nympholepts zealots

Example Sentences

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Because of that, “no matter how much McCarthy bent over backwards to accommodate a lunatic fringe, there’s going to be someone who didn’t like him,” Ornstein said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

All that can be dismissed as the ravings of the lunatic fringe, but it is being taken seriously in Jordan and Egypt.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

Unfortunately for the lunatic fringe, however, those events were just horse races:

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2018

Sure, Jones arguably says more outlandish things from a position that used to be the far lunatic fringe.

From Salon • Jun. 16, 2017

If the services were to set any such unreasonable standard for the commissioned body, all would shortly move over into the lunatic fringe.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense