extremism
noun
ex·trem·ism
ik-ˈstrē-ˌmi-zəm 
1
: the quality or state of being extreme
2
: advocacy of extreme measures or views : radicalism
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The killing has intensified attention on political violence, extremism, and the rapid spread of misinformation.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Several schools across the country were targeted with false active shooter reports in August and more than two dozen HBCUs were targeted by bomb threats in 2022, prompting a federal hate crime and violent extremism investigation.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The online footprint of the 16-year-old who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School this week fits into a new wave of online extremism that calls for violence as a way to destroy society, experts said.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Lessons learned early on by the legacy companies appear to have been forgotten, and what can happen with so much online extremism.
—Steven Stalinsky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Several schools across the country were targeted with false active shooter reports in August and more than two dozen HBCUs were targeted by bomb threats in 2022, prompting a federal hate crime and violent extremism investigation.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
The online footprint of the 16-year-old who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School this week fits into a new wave of online extremism that calls for violence as a way to destroy society, experts said.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2025
Lessons learned early on by the legacy companies appear to have been forgotten, and what can happen with so much online extremism.
—Steven Stalinsky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Extremism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extremism. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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extremism
noun
ex·trem·ism
ik-ˈstrē-ˌmiz-əm
1
: the quality or state of being extreme
2
: belief in and support for extreme ideas especially in politics
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