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 move threatens to destabilize a relatively stable region and make Somaliland a target for extremists, while promising trade and investment.
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Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Some nihilistic violent extremists carry out violence with the goal of hastening the collapse of society — a philosophy known as accelerationism.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
With extremists in power the nation’s leaders lose their ability to compromise and thus the entire nation fails.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
In Africa, extremists exploit ungoverned water scarcity to recruit and control populations.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
With no escape, the young band members (played by Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, and Callum Turner) are forced into a vicious fight for survival against merciless extremists, led by Patrick Stewart's sinister Darcy Banker.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Dec. 2025
Violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has continued to escalate for months as mobs of settler extremists attempt to force the civilians out of their homes, clashing with Israel Defense Forces personnel sent to quell the crowds at times.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2025
The small Christian community in the West Bank is facing increasing threats of extremism from various sides, including both Israeli settlers and Palestinian extremists, prompting them to escape the region.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The ruin that remained in Afghanistan gave rise to the control of Islamic extremists known as the Taliban.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Some nihilistic violent extremists carry out violence with the goal of hastening the collapse of society — a philosophy known as accelerationism.
—Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
With extremists in power the nation’s leaders lose their ability to compromise and thus the entire nation fails.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
In Africa, extremists exploit ungoverned water scarcity to recruit and control populations.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
With no escape, the young band members (played by Anton Yelchin, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, and Callum Turner) are forced into a vicious fight for survival against merciless extremists, led by Patrick Stewart's sinister Darcy Banker.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Dec. 2025
Violence against Palestinians in the West Bank has continued to escalate for months as mobs of settler extremists attempt to force the civilians out of their homes, clashing with Israel Defense Forces personnel sent to quell the crowds at times.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2025
The small Christian community in the West Bank is facing increasing threats of extremism from various sides, including both Israeli settlers and Palestinian extremists, prompting them to escape the region.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The ruin that remained in Afghanistan gave rise to the control of Islamic extremists known as the Taliban.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremists
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Parts of the movie were adapted from the novel Vineland, and some of the radical groups and revolutionaries were loosely inspired by real-life movements from the 1960s and 1970s.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
21 Dec. 2025
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Sometimes revolutionaries come on the scene, guiding how mathematicians think about a particular field for generations.—
Jordana Cepelewicz,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Dec. 2025
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But a tragedy that falls on this woman and all of the radicals who teach people that immigration is the one type of law that rioters are allowed to interfere with.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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In the wake of an ICE shooting that killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, academics have joined the chorus of left-wing radicals seeking to abolish the federal law enforcement agency.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Extremists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremists. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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