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extremist

  • /ɪkˈstɹiːmɪst/
  • /ɛkˈstɹiːmɪst/

noun extremists

  1. A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic. In Urif, extremists spray painted “Death to Arabs” on shipping containers belonging to a local resident and the local quarry was tagged with the words “Fight the enemy.”

    Similar: jusquaboutist

adjective more extremist · most extremist

  1. Holding extreme views, especially on a political or religious subject. There are some minor extremist movements that are antiforeigner.
  2. Of or relating to extremism.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: radical, ultra, immoderate, ultranationalist, radicalism, far-right, right-wing, fundamentalist, fundamentalism, terrorist, hardline, maximalist, paramount, extreme, utmost, far

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noun person who holds extreme views

Españolextremista
한국어과격분자 gwagyeokbunja, 극단주의자 geukdanjuuija
日本語急進派 kyūshinha, 過激派 kagekiha
中文極端主義者 /极端主义者 jíduānzhǔyìzhě
हिन्दीअतिवादी ativādī, उग्रवादी ugravādī, चरमपंथी carampanthī, इंतहापसंद intahāpasand
Portuguêsextremista
Françaisextrémiste
DeutschExtremist, Extremistin
Русскийэкстреми́ст ekstremíst, экстреми́стка ekstremístka
العربيةمُتَطَرِّف mutaṭarrif, مُتَطَرِّفَة mutaṭarrifa

adj holding extreme views

Españolextremista
हिन्दीअतिवादी ativādī, उग्रवादी ugravādī, चरमपंथी carampanthī, इंतहापसंद inthāpsand
Portuguêsextremista
Deutschextremistisch
Русскийэкстреми́стский ekstremístskij
العربيةتَطَرُّفِيّ taṭarrufiyy
עבריתקיצוני kitzoni

adj of, or relating to extremism

Españolextremista
हिन्दीअतिवादी ativādī, उग्रवादी ugravādī, चरमपंथी carampanthī, इंतहापसंद inthāpsand
Portuguêsextremista
Deutschextremistisch

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@misc{extremist_2026,
  title = {extremist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/extremist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}