ULTRAIST Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

ultraist

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When Israeli extremists arrived in Qusra to force Palestinians from their homes, residents hoped the Israel Defense Forces would come to their aid.

— Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026
Extremists can win blue states, but presidential elections and congressional control are decided in purple states, and America will not elect extremists and socialists.

— Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of extremist

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To make matters worse, ten days later, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Meyers turns out to be a rich kid with a fancy apartment, someone who can afford to play the artistic revolutionary—which doesn’t negate, and may indeed validate, his love for art.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of revolutionary

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Some conservatives were outraged online over the project plan, while others urged people to take a more measured approach, noting that the new stations are not about pushing any ideology.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
The proponents of those ideas believe that spreading them can shift the boundaries of debate — that nothing else will do so in a media environment where conservatives hold enormous power.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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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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