extremism

Noun

Meaning

any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

radicalism bigotry fanaticism darter monomania immoderation immoderateness overmuchness fanatism revolutionism progressivism giantism rabidness utopianism ultraism

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Antonyms

tolerance moderateness

Hypernyms

ideology political theory political orientation

Phrases with the word

real extremism common extremism greater extremism political extremism religious extremism

Examples

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. Barry Goldwater

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue. Barry Goldwater

It's important, however, that those engaged in terrorism realize that our determination to defend our values and our way of life is greater than their determination to cause death and destruction to innocent people in a desire to impose extremism on the world. Tony Blair

Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace. Barack Obama

Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds. Edward Abbey

Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all. John W. Gardner

Close letter words and terms

extremify extremisation extremise extremist extremist behavior extremist beliefs