as in excessiveness
belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
political extremism
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Recent Examples of extremism
The Administration's extremism and incompetence are putting lives at risk.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The extremism of Terrell’s messaging also doesn’t bother Dov Hikind, a former New York state Democratic assemblyman representing Brooklyn and the founder of Americans Against Antisemitism.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
What appears to be a harmless workout group may be a gateway to violent extremism, one pushup at a time.
—Art Jipson, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Military action alone cannot defeat extremism; it must be paired with a credible, alternative political vision.
—Ami Ayalon, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
The extremism of Terrell’s messaging also doesn’t bother Dov Hikind, a former New York state Democratic assemblyman representing Brooklyn and the founder of Americans Against Antisemitism.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
What appears to be a harmless workout group may be a gateway to violent extremism, one pushup at a time.
—Art Jipson, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
Military action alone cannot defeat extremism; it must be paired with a credible, alternative political vision.
—Ami Ayalon, Time, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremism
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The ruling landed as a symbolic rebuke of Musk’s sway over Tesla, and a warning about the excesses of Silicon Valley’s cult-of-founder ethos.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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An excess of dry fuels and vegetation is compounded by fire weather conditions that are becoming more common year-round.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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OneTaste, by centering women’s pleasure, possessed a sheen of radicalism at a moment when feminism and misogyny seemed to go hand in hand.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Iran’s Shiite clerical regime viewed the Sunni radicalism of al-Qaeda and its hosts, the Taliban, with deep concern.—
Vali Nasr,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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This irrationality, which is especially difficult to model, often boils down to computational constraints.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Extremism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremism. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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