as in excessiveness
belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
political extremism
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of extremism
The group allegedly uses Telegram to promote racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism, the DOJ said.
—
Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.
—Mike Dunleavy, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Many of those dismissed worked on issues including countering violent extremism, helping Afghans who fled after the Taliban takeover, educational exchanges, and programs supporting women's rights, refugees, and climate change.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Canadian police official warns 'traditional values' may signal growing extremism.
—FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for extremism
Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.
—Mike Dunleavy, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Many of those dismissed worked on issues including countering violent extremism, helping Afghans who fled after the Taliban takeover, educational exchanges, and programs supporting women's rights, refugees, and climate change.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
Canadian police official warns 'traditional values' may signal growing extremism.
—FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for extremism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremism
Noun
-
Sip wines made right on-site, sweat out nights of excess in the barrel sauna and cold plunge, and savor in-room breakfasts and alfresco wine dinners.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
20 July 2025
-
With no shortage of natural night in this nursery, there’s little need for an excess of lamps or harsh overhead lighting, though the boho-style chandelier Storm added complements the wood finishes throughout the space.—
Nina Derwin,
Architectural Digest,
18 July 2025
Noun
-
More broadly, Iranian American artists yearn for a future when Iran isn’t automatically conflated in American popular culture with theocracy, militancy and radicalism.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
-
And so Newsom’s attempt at moderation is becoming an object lesson in the inability of even the most ambitious Democrats to separate themselves from cultural radicalism.—
The Editors,
National Review,
4 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Extremism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremism. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share