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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Recent Examples of extremism
To Warner, patriotism meant opposing extremism and encouraging tolerance.
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Chris Yogerst / Made By History, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Groups that monitor extremism say that has changed, and that the extremes have become mainstream.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
How could that happen in Germany, a country whose history has taught a bitter lesson about the dangers of right-wing extremism?
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
To stop hateful ideologies from spreading, social media companies cannot let extremism flow freely under the guise of free speech.
—Elliott Broidy, Baltimore Sun, 25 Feb. 2025
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Chris Yogerst / Made By History, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025
Groups that monitor extremism say that has changed, and that the extremes have become mainstream.
—Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
How could that happen in Germany, a country whose history has taught a bitter lesson about the dangers of right-wing extremism?
—Amanda Taub, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
To stop hateful ideologies from spreading, social media companies cannot let extremism flow freely under the guise of free speech.
—Elliott Broidy, Baltimore Sun, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for extremism
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“Extremism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremism. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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