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extremism
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE political ▪ It also developed his implicit warnings against the dangers of political extremism . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But we do all recognise that without that balance, in certain instances, absolutism can easily ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"disposition to go to extremes in doctrine or practice," 1848, from extreme + -ism .\n\nI would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. [Barry Goldwater ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. extreme ideas or actions
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Extremism means, literally: driving (something) to the limit, to the extreme or the quality or state of being extreme, advocacy of extreme measures or views . Nowadays, the term is mostly used in a political or religious sense, for an ideology that is considered ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies
Usage examples of extremism.
As an example Lem points to state and antistate terrorism, ritualized violence in art and the media, political extremism, the ultra-right turn to neofascism in electoral practice, and the lasting attraction of death as an ultimate cultural bastion to be defeated.
Freedom of Speculation Act, credible sociohistorical data on the origins and evolution of Les Assassins des Fauteuils Rollents from obscure, adolescent, nihilistic Root Cult to one of the most feared cells in the annals of Canadian extremism was regrettably patchy and dependent on the hearsay of sources whose scholarly veracity was of an integrity somewhat less than unimpeachable.
Ross Mobley, founder of Americans Combating Extremism and father of Terrence Ross, had died.
As you say, she's hardly a poster girl for the orderly political process on Kornati, and this steady expansion of her 'manifesto' shows a degree of creeping extremism that comes pretty damned close to classic megalomania.
As Iran has shown, Islamic extremism is the psychological defense mechanism of urbanized peasants threatened with the loss of traditions in pseudo-modern cities, where their values are under attack, even as basic services like water and electricity have broken down.