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
The security situation in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso has worsened recently, analysts say, with a record number of attacks by Islamic extremists.
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ABC News, 10 June 2026
Increasingly, however, that tent seems to have room for radicals and ideological extremists while pushing out Democrats who think independently.
—Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
And when Khomeini broke that promise, my father was one of the first to stand up to him and the extremists who hijacked that revolution.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 2 June 2026
But Raman’s walked quite the tightrope of being a DSA’er who talks like a back-to-basics liberal while also hanging out with left-wing extremists like Hasan Piker.
—Sal Rodriguez, Daily News, 28 May 2026
Instead, domestic terrorism laws allow for targeting and surveillance of extremists, with charges sometimes bearing terrorism enhancements and sometimes excluding them altogether.
—Daniel Boguslaw, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
From churches to synagogues, mosques to grocery stores, extremists have targeted innocent people because of race, religion, ethnicity, or identity.
—Michael Brunker, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
At the same time, Clark and Vasquez, by recording their heinous act, may have been trying to create a vibe for their own digital communities on Discord, a chat service that has become popular with gamers and extremists.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
In recent years, video of the Christchurch massacre has spread across digital platforms where extremists congregate and communicate.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 20 May 2026
ABC News, 10 June 2026
Increasingly, however, that tent seems to have room for radicals and ideological extremists while pushing out Democrats who think independently.
—Doug Friednash, Denver Post, 3 June 2026
And when Khomeini broke that promise, my father was one of the first to stand up to him and the extremists who hijacked that revolution.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 2 June 2026
But Raman’s walked quite the tightrope of being a DSA’er who talks like a back-to-basics liberal while also hanging out with left-wing extremists like Hasan Piker.
—Sal Rodriguez, Daily News, 28 May 2026
Instead, domestic terrorism laws allow for targeting and surveillance of extremists, with charges sometimes bearing terrorism enhancements and sometimes excluding them altogether.
—Daniel Boguslaw, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
From churches to synagogues, mosques to grocery stores, extremists have targeted innocent people because of race, religion, ethnicity, or identity.
—Michael Brunker, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2026
At the same time, Clark and Vasquez, by recording their heinous act, may have been trying to create a vibe for their own digital communities on Discord, a chat service that has become popular with gamers and extremists.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
In recent years, video of the Christchurch massacre has spread across digital platforms where extremists congregate and communicate.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremists
Noun
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Not helping was Parliament’s passage of the Tea Act in 1773, to which revolutionaries responded by dumping tea into Boston Harbor.—
Laurie Kellman,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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Not helping was Parliament's passage of the Tea Act in 1773, to which revolutionaries responded by dumping tea into Boston Harbor.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
Noun
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The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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Increasingly, however, that tent seems to have room for radicals and ideological extremists while pushing out Democrats who think independently.—
Doug Friednash,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
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“Extremists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremists. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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