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extremist

[ik-stree-mist] / ɪkˈstri mɪst /
NOUN
person zealous about a belief
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STRONGEST


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She pointed to an April study that found that Instagram failed to remove 93% of flagged hateful and extremist content by white supremacist and Nazi accounts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The "Male State", an extremist misogynistic group named in this week's hoax bomb threats to Italian airports, has denied any link to the false warnings causing flight disruption across Europe.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

She said Eisenkot would likely enjoy Israeli public support for cracking down on extremist settlers, who have attacked Palestinians in the West Bank with virtual impunity.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

Experts working for the UN Human Rights Council wrote in April that Mohammed had been receiving death threats and online abuse for years, which were "believed to come from extremist religious militia".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

He was, and always remained, a profound extremist; but his position was tempered by massive common sense.

From Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck by John Hubert Greusel

Some extremists like to shout their most extreme views, while others express them in niche journals or in private, among well-heeled friends.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

“It’s not a place of extremists but people were really inflamed,” Sosnoff says, noting that some people were reluctant to speak on camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Two years ago, Farage vowed to root out "bad apples" among Reform's candidates, saying "bigots" and "extremists" were not welcome.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

On Thursday, his name appeared on Russia's online register of "terrorists and extremists" -- a blacklist maintained by Russia's Rosfinmonitoring financial watchdog.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Adams went to his grave claiming that these laws never enjoyed his support, that their chief sponsors were Federalist extremists in the Congress, and that he had signed them grudgingly and reluctantly.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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