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Extremist   /ɛkstrˈimɪst/   Listen
Extremist

adjective
1.
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm.  Synonyms: radical, ultra.  "Radical opinions on education" , "An ultra conservative"
noun
1.
A person who holds extreme views.





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"Extremist" Quotes from Famous Books



... course, be said that Dr. Abdurahman is a picturesque extremist; that his position is an abnormal one; that he does not speak for the Coloured people and the Natives as a whole. Do not let us be too certain ...
— Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since • Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
... my dear children, who was no extremist, but was "moderate in all things," thought it best to let his child enjoy everything that was innocent; that, while an act of disobedience—an untruth, or any direct breach of "The Commandments"—would ...
— A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless - In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren • Charlotte Taylor Blow Charless
... The extremist cases pass to the average case through insensible degrees. We are all probably, as a species, a little too prone to intolerance, and if we do in all sincerity mean to end war in the world we must prepare ourselves for considerable exercises in restraint when strange people look, behave, believe, ...
— New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various


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