noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion. countable, uncountable

   "For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience."

2. 2
   any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies wordnet

Synonyms

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abandonanarchismanarcho-syndicalismbigotryboundlessnessconversion

Example

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"The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all of its forms."

Etymology

From extreme + -ism.

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