[ik-streem] 
adjective, -trem⋅er, -trem⋅est, noun | 1. | of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average: extreme measures. |
| 2. | utmost or exceedingly great in degree: extreme joy. |
| 3. | farthest from the center or middle; outermost; endmost: the extreme limits of a town. |
| 4. | farthest, utmost, or very far in any direction: an object at the extreme point of vision. |
| 5. | exceeding the bounds of moderation: extreme fashions. |
| 6. | going to the utmost or very great lengths in action, habit, opinion, etc.: an extreme conservative. |
| 7. | last or final: extreme hopes. |
| 8. | Chiefly Sports. extremely dangerous or difficult: extreme skiing. |
| 9. | the utmost or highest degree, or a very high degree: cautious to an extreme. |
| 10. | one of two things as remote or different from each other as possible: the extremes of joy and grief. |
| 11. | the furthest or utmost length; an excessive length, beyond the ordinary or average: extremes in dress. |
| 12. | an extreme act, measure, condition, etc.: the extreme of poverty. |
| 13. | Mathematics.
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| 14. | Logic. the subject or the predicate of the conclusion of a syllogism; either of two terms that are separated in the premises and brought together in the conclusion. |
| 15. | Archaic. the utmost point, or extremity, of something. |
"What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents." [Robert F. Kennedy, 1964]
