as in revolutionaries
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
extremists wanted to do away with everything, even though they had no thought-out plan for what to do afterwards
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Recent Examples of extremists
Lone offenders, according to the document, remain the top threat, but there are also concerns about domestic extremists and foreign terror organizations.
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Luke Barr, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
Of 71 terrorist attacks perpetrated in 2022, far-right extremists were responsible for 69%.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
Burns said Huntington Beach is not the only city where vigils and community gatherings have been co-opted by extremists.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Still, a recent study by the libertarian Cato Institute found more politically motivated killings in the United States come from right-leaning extremists.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The livestreams, vigilante investigators, extremists sending death threats, and conspiracist threads will continue their work.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
TikTok, Bluesky, Substack, the gaming platform Discord and other new players, big and small, can all learn from past policies for keeping extremists off the Internet—and return to those content moderation roots.
—Steven Stalinsky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
High-profile extremists of the time such as Richard Butler, Robert Mathews and David Lane supported the plan.
—Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
The Middle Belt and northern states are especially volatile, with Islamic militant groups like Boko Haram, Fulani extremists and ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) targeting Christian communities through mass killings, kidnappings and church burnings.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Luke Barr, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
Of 71 terrorist attacks perpetrated in 2022, far-right extremists were responsible for 69%.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
Burns said Huntington Beach is not the only city where vigils and community gatherings have been co-opted by extremists.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Still, a recent study by the libertarian Cato Institute found more politically motivated killings in the United States come from right-leaning extremists.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The livestreams, vigilante investigators, extremists sending death threats, and conspiracist threads will continue their work.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
TikTok, Bluesky, Substack, the gaming platform Discord and other new players, big and small, can all learn from past policies for keeping extremists off the Internet—and return to those content moderation roots.
—Steven Stalinsky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
High-profile extremists of the time such as Richard Butler, Robert Mathews and David Lane supported the plan.
—Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
The Middle Belt and northern states are especially volatile, with Islamic militant groups like Boko Haram, Fulani extremists and ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) targeting Christian communities through mass killings, kidnappings and church burnings.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extremists
Noun
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But Anderson also knows that the moral purity of revolutionaries gets boring pretty fast.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Based on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland, the thriller focuses on a group of ex-revolutionaries who reunite to face an enemy resurfacing after 16 years.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These radicals are specifically based on an organosulfur compound called tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) units.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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The radicals on the left are the problem.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Extremists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremists. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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