extremism
UK/ɪkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm//ɪkˈstɹi.mɪ.zəm/
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extremism noun: extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
Noun
extremism (countable and uncountable, plural extremisms)
- Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
- For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.1971 June 10, Alberto R. Oliva, “The American Sense of Guilt”, in The New York Times
- Echoing the views of my colleagues from the region and beyond, I told the Security Council on Feb. 18, 2003, that while the ramifications of the war could go beyond anyone’s calculations, “one outcome is almost certain: extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.”2007 August 2, Javad Zarif, “How Not to Inflame Iraq”, in The New York Times
extremism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
extremism in Hindi
- extreme ideas or actions
- अतिवाद ativād, उग्रवाद ugravād, चरमपंथ carampanth, चरमवाद caramvād
extremism in Tamil
- தீவிரவாதம், எத்திமம், மிகைவரம்புமை, கொடுமுனைப்பு
extremism in Urdu
- extreme ideas or actions
- اِنْتِہا پَسَنْدی intihā pasandī
extremism in Bengali
- extreme ideas or actions
- চরমপন্থা corompontha
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- extremism in Malayalam
- തീവ്രവാദം tīvravādaṁ
- extremism in Punjabi
- ਅੱਤਵਾਦ attavād
- extremism in Arabic
- تَطَرُّف taṭarruf, غُلُوّ ḡuluww
- extremism in Malay
- faham pelampau, faham ekstremis, ekstremisme
- extremism in Persian
- افراطگرایی efrât-garâyi
- extremism in Vietnamese
- chủ nghĩa cực đoan
Examples of extremism in a sentence
- The idea is to guide, manipulate, and herd them into the corral of ring-wing extremism.
- “Engels is left holding the bag of 20th-century ideological extremism,” Mr.
- The mutual influences (or 'interference') between fans in the curva and political extremism has several dimensions.
Forms of extremism
| plural | extremisms |
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Origin of extremism
From extreme + -ism.
Words formed from extremism
Questions about extremism
- What does extremism mean?
- Extremism means extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
- What is extremism in Hindi?
- Extremism in Hindi is अतिवाद (ativād), उग्रवाद (ugravād), चरमपंथ (carampanth). See Extremism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is extremism?
- Extremism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce extremism?
- Extremism is pronounced /ɪkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of extremism?
- The plural of extremism is extremisms.
Words near extremism in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: extremism (page history and authors); extremism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); തീവ്രവാദം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ਅੱਤਵਾਦ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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