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extremism

[ ik-stree-miz-uhm ]

noun

  1. a tendency or disposition to go to extremes or an instance of going to extremes, especially in political matters:

    leftist extremism; the extremism of the Nazis.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of extremism1

First recorded in 1860–65; extreme + -ism

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Example Sentences

Moscow-based Editor in Chief Galina Timchenko was fired for ‘extremism’ after running an article on Ukraine.

The defeat of Islamic extremism requires both hard and soft power responses.

What these men do have is a muscular hold on popular disgust with religious extremism.

As Assaf put it, “this is one way to reject extremism and make it so the people are not afraid.”

According to Pew, more than three in five Americans are very concerned about the rise of Islamic extremism.

Because of this extremism, his voice was doomed to remain that of one crying in the wilderness.

We have a diplomatic strategy that is rallying the world to join in the fight against extremism.

We're also standing against the forces of extremism embodied by the regime in Tehran.

We're also standing against the forces of extremism in the Holy Land, where we have new cause for hope.

It is from this enthusiasm and extremism that there sounds one of the key-notes of woman's nature--her loyalty.

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