as in revolutionaries
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
extremists wanted to do away with everything, even though they had no thought-out plan for what to do afterwards
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Recent Examples of extremists
Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
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Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
Kent, a former political candidate with connections to right-wing extremists, was confirmed to his post last July on a 52-44 vote.
—Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
Maiduguri city had been at the heart of the deadly violence but has in recent years experienced relative peace even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Heavy security deployed Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—Haruna Umar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Maiduguri city has been at the heart of the deadly violence but has in recent years experienced relative peace even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
For over five decades their primary security strategy had been to nurture Islamic extremists.
—Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
Now, following the assassination of Khamenei, one of the most revered figures in Shia Islam, Shia extremists could replace Sunni jihadists as the biggest transnational terrorist threat.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
The only people who pay attention are the extremists themselves who are looking for loopholes around the terms of service.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2026
Kent, a former political candidate with connections to right-wing extremists, was confirmed to his post last July on a 52-44 vote.
—Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
Maiduguri city had been at the heart of the deadly violence but has in recent years experienced relative peace even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
Heavy security deployed Maiduguri has been at the heart of deadly violence in Nigeria in the past, but has experienced relative peace in recent years, even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—Haruna Umar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Maiduguri city has been at the heart of the deadly violence but has in recent years experienced relative peace even as the countryside is often battered by extremists.
—ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
For over five decades their primary security strategy had been to nurture Islamic extremists.
—Mihir Sharma, Twin Cities, 8 Mar. 2026
Now, following the assassination of Khamenei, one of the most revered figures in Shia Islam, Shia extremists could replace Sunni jihadists as the biggest transnational terrorist threat.
—Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
The only people who pay attention are the extremists themselves who are looking for loopholes around the terms of service.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremists
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The 25-year-old Indianapolis native plays Willa, the daughter of former revolutionaries DiCaprio and Taylor, who goes on the lam when unsavory characters from her parents’ past attempt to track her down.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
13 Mar. 2026
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Paul Thomas Anderson updates the story of revolutionaries in post-1960s burnout to today — and possibly tomorrow.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Mar. 2026
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Berets were fashionable among radicals and the very old.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Wood argues that colleges are not only staffed with a disproportionate number of radicals who indoctrinate the students but also have turned everything from dormitory management to the dining halls over to the left.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Extremists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremists. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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