lunatic fringe
noun
: the members of a usually political or social movement espousing extreme, eccentric, or fanatical views
Examples of lunatic fringe in a Sentence
His nomination is opposed by the party's lunatic fringe.
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What will surely rankle climate-change activists is that Pielke seems to focus on the foibles of the consensus scientists rather than on those of the lunatic fringe.
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IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2011
Under relatively secure conditions in 1928, the German electorate viewed the Nazi Party as a lunatic fringe, giving it less than three percent of the vote in national elections that year.
—Ronald Inglehart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
Davis endured nasty and sometimes threatening letters from a true lunatic fringe.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 2021
And yet, in recent months, the lab leak thesis has inched its way from the lunatic fringe towards the credible center of American public discourse.
—Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 25 May 2021
Farhan Zaidi, the Giants’ president of baseball operations, should not make decisions based on the moods or desires of the lunatic fringe.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2020
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IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2011
Under relatively secure conditions in 1928, the German electorate viewed the Nazi Party as a lunatic fringe, giving it less than three percent of the vote in national elections that year.
—Ronald Inglehart, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2018
Davis endured nasty and sometimes threatening letters from a true lunatic fringe.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 2021
And yet, in recent months, the lab leak thesis has inched its way from the lunatic fringe towards the credible center of American public discourse.
—Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 25 May 2021
Farhan Zaidi, the Giants’ president of baseball operations, should not make decisions based on the moods or desires of the lunatic fringe.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2020
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