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Definition of extremism
1 : the quality or state of being extreme
2 : advocacy of extreme measures or views : radicalism
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With an eye on its Nazi past, Germany has tended to be more willing to limit freedom of speech than to allow extremism to spread unimpeded.
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Seamus Hughes, deputy director of the extremism program, says nearly nine out of 10 of those arrested are either Americans or permanent legal residents.
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Grant applications were re-evaluated based on factors including whether an organization had a track record of combatting violent extremism, the department said, and groups that didn't were eliminated.
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Grant applications were re-evaluated based on factors including whether an organization had a track record of combatting violent extremism, the department said, and groups that didn’t were eliminated.
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Growing up in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, Sharif traces her troubled childhood, descent into Wahhabi-Salafist Islamic extremism, and eventual reemergence as a women’s rights activist.
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In its extremism, the June 2 game in Milwaukee best represented what the game has become.
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So if things are so polarized now that people who don’t necessarily have a background of extremism can be motivated to extreme violence, that means there could be a lot more of it.
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By allowing Choudary to continue his operations, the extremist cleric was able to radicalize individuals who perhaps would not have been attracted to extremism.
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First Known Use of extremism
1865
EXTREMISM Defined for English Language Learners
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: belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
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