Extremist
[ɪk'striːmɪst;ek-] or [ɪk'strimɪst]
Definition
(noun.) a person who holds extreme views.
(adj.) (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; 'extremist political views'; 'radical opinions on education'; 'an ultra conservative' .
Edited by Bonita--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.
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Examples
- In those days he was an extremist of the left. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a proposal from one extremist group to abolish God among other institutions altogether, and to substitute the worship of Reason. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They had no sense of the other possibility, the gulf of the republican extremists, that yawned at their feet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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