ULTRAIST Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

ultraist

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Nearly 3,000 people died as a result of the attacks, including the 19 hijackers from the Islamist extremist group al-Qaida.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Studying extremists These two cases force researchers to grapple with how knowledge about violent movements is actually produced.

— Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremist

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The revolutionaries who led the offensive dominate the seats of power in Tehran.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Centrist Democrats are not socialists, not revolutionaries, and not disposed to blame Zionist conspiracies for every trouble in American life, including police brutality and urban gentrification.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of revolutionary

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Elsewhere in Semafor, Ben Smith recapped an off-site debate between conservatives about the threats created by AI.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
There's also the daunting task of keeping young conservatives engaged at a time when many of them are unhappy with party leaders.

— Elena Moore, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026

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Robin Morgan, a wholesome child star of the 1940s and ‘50s who grew up to become an all-American radical as a poet, essayist, editor and second-wave feminist, has died.

— Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Once Lamb starts publishing daily dispatches about her abduction at the hands of Indo‑Trinidadian radicals demanding a ransom, the writing is on the walls that this woman is going to die.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of radical

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As the head of China’s Nationalist government, Chiang and his party were trying to establish control in a nation divided among revolutionists, nationalists, Indigenous warlords, and a developing communist army and government.

— Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Many revolutionists see heavy tank casualties in Ukraine as the key indicator for the tank’s looming obsolescence in the face of newly lethal precision antitank weapons.

— Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023

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