as in excessiveness
belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
political extremism
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His extremism extended back years before the riots.
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Megan Specia, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Following the explosion — and a subsequent New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans where a former Army soldier rammed a truck into a crowd, killing 14 people — fears of extremism within the military has risen.
—The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
Neither then, nor now, are the justices' shifting views proof of corruption or excuses for extremism.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Hence his apparent belief that Sikh extremism in India might be used as a political resource in Canada.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Megan Specia, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Following the explosion — and a subsequent New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans where a former Army soldier rammed a truck into a crowd, killing 14 people — fears of extremism within the military has risen.
—The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
Neither then, nor now, are the justices' shifting views proof of corruption or excuses for extremism.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Hence his apparent belief that Sikh extremism in India might be used as a political resource in Canada.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Extremism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremism. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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