extremist
noun
a person who goes to extremes, especially in political matters.
extremists
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pluralof extremist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“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
This came even as three heroic Muslim men gave their lives in May while defending some 240 children at the Islamic Center of San Diego from anti-Muslim extremists.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Staff on the 9/11 Commission objected to the conclusion that Bayoumi was "unlikely" to have been involved with extremists, prompting the report to attribute this to "our investigators who have dealt directly with him"
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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
