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
TikTok, Bluesky, Substack, the gaming platform Discord and other new players, big and small, can all learn from past policies for keeping extremists off the Internet—and return to those content moderation roots.
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Steven Stalinsky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
High-profile extremists of the time such as Richard Butler, Robert Mathews and David Lane supported the plan.
—Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
The Middle Belt and northern states are especially volatile, with Islamic militant groups like Boko Haram, Fulani extremists and ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) targeting Christian communities through mass killings, kidnappings and church burnings.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Only the liberals and the extremists do that.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
These extremists don’t give a damn about public safety.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Yehuda Cohen, the father of Nimrod Cohen, an Israeli soldier held in Gaza, said from the boat that Netanyahu is prolonging the war to satisfy extremists in his governing coalition.
—Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The same extremists, ranging from Max Blumenthal on the left to Candace Owens on the right, have ramped up the conspiracy-mongering now that Epstein is in the headlines again.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
The attack was the third in less than two months that French authorities attributed to Islamic extremists, and prompted the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Steven Stalinsky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
High-profile extremists of the time such as Richard Butler, Robert Mathews and David Lane supported the plan.
—Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
The Middle Belt and northern states are especially volatile, with Islamic militant groups like Boko Haram, Fulani extremists and ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) targeting Christian communities through mass killings, kidnappings and church burnings.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Only the liberals and the extremists do that.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
These extremists don’t give a damn about public safety.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Yehuda Cohen, the father of Nimrod Cohen, an Israeli soldier held in Gaza, said from the boat that Netanyahu is prolonging the war to satisfy extremists in his governing coalition.
—Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The same extremists, ranging from Max Blumenthal on the left to Candace Owens on the right, have ramped up the conspiracy-mongering now that Epstein is in the headlines again.
—Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
The attack was the third in less than two months that French authorities attributed to Islamic extremists, and prompted the government to raise its security alert to the maximum level.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremists
Noun
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Further east, the Russian revolutionaries of 1917 adopted a utopian faith in material progress and science.—
Sonja Fritzsche,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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The film was One Battle After Another, Anderson’s high-octane adaptation of Vineland, Thomas Pynchon’s anarchic 1990 novel about a crew of former leftist revolutionaries — the French 75 — living in a slightly more dystopian version of present-day America.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Soon, Joan ends up on the run with young radicals.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Lightning also sparks hydroxyl radicals, which help cleanse the air by breaking down methane and other gases.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Extremists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremists. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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