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
In September, independent journalist Jason Paladino wrote that the Department of Justice appeared to have removed a study that found far-right extremists to be responsible for the most lethal terrorism since 1990.
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NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
The Goldman analysts aren’t extremists like, say, legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, who says AI will automate 80% of all jobs by 2030.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Far too many school boards are being overtaken by far-right extremists determined to distort our public education system and target LGBTQ+ youth.
—Chris Ward, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Extremist or hate group recruitment Alarmingly, violent extremists are taking advantage of open platforms like Discord, using it as a recruiting ground for vulnerable and unsuspecting users.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 21 Oct. 2025
The extremists are insulting you every single day.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
This would put Americans more at risk of actual threats — such as those posed by homegrown violent extremists who subscribe to Islamic State or Al Qaeda doctrine.
—Jason M. Blazakis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
The extremists are insulting you every single day.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Stone Island’s former association with hooliganism may be attractive to some extremists, whose members share the same feelings of pride and connection, explained Miller-Idriss.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
The Goldman analysts aren’t extremists like, say, legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, who says AI will automate 80% of all jobs by 2030.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Far too many school boards are being overtaken by far-right extremists determined to distort our public education system and target LGBTQ+ youth.
—Chris Ward, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Extremist or hate group recruitment Alarmingly, violent extremists are taking advantage of open platforms like Discord, using it as a recruiting ground for vulnerable and unsuspecting users.
—Alex Vance, Parents, 21 Oct. 2025
The extremists are insulting you every single day.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
This would put Americans more at risk of actual threats — such as those posed by homegrown violent extremists who subscribe to Islamic State or Al Qaeda doctrine.
—Jason M. Blazakis, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
The extremists are insulting you every single day.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Stone Island’s former association with hooliganism may be attractive to some extremists, whose members share the same feelings of pride and connection, explained Miller-Idriss.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremists
Noun
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Paul’s youth and vigor comes with lots of risk, the work of prior revolutionaries threatened to be set back many years.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
28 Oct. 2025
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At the time, the French people reporting on the ground and from abroad held Dessalines and other Haitian revolutionaries to a different standard.—
Julia Gaffield,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With the treaty up for renewal, a group of Black World radicals seeks to stop the agreement so that demons can wipe out humans and overtake our existence.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Young radicals weren’t the only ones who sought Moore out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Extremists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremists. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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