lunatic fringe

noun

Definition of lunatic fringe

: the members of a usually political or social movement espousing extreme, eccentric, or fanatical views

Examples of lunatic fringe in a Sentence

His nomination is opposed by the party's lunatic fringe.

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The 63 million or so Americans who voted for Donald Trump weren’t the lunatic fringe. — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, "High Noon for Judge Kavanaugh," 3 Oct. 2018 And this prediction isn’t coming from the lunatic fringes of tech, either. — Ana Veciana-suarez, miamiherald, "Humans and robots on the verge of getting romantically involved | Miami Herald," 29 Jan. 2018 On the site, the ease with which a person on can be transported from any innocuous search to the lunatic fringe of YouTube is startling. — NBC News, "As algorithms take over, YouTube's recommendations highlight a human problem," 19 Apr. 2018 Look, over 60 million voters are not a lunatic fringe. — Fox News, "Gowdy and Scott on Mueller probe, new book," 3 Apr. 2018 Some may say the Charlottesville riot was the lunatic fringe of the right and left, with no particular relevance to what falls in between. — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, "The Politics of Pointlessness," 16 Aug. 2017

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lunatic fringe

noun

English Language Learners Definition of lunatic fringe

: the members of a political or social group or movement who have the most extreme or foolish ideas

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