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How to use extremism in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Extremism means extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion. Example: “For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.”

Examples of extremism by meaning

nounExtreme 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

More sentences with extremism

  • The idea is to guide, manipulate, and herd them into the corral of ring-wing extremism.2025, Thomas Klikauer, “Communicating Conspiracy Fantasies”, in Savaş Çoban, Yasemin Giritli İnceoğlu, editors, Media, Populism and Hate…. From the entry anti-vaxxerism
  • “Engels is left holding the bag of 20th-century ideological extremism,” Mr.2009 August 19, Dwight Garner, “Fox Hunter, Party Animal, Leftist Warrior”, in New York Times. From the entry postpolitical
  • The mutual influences (or 'interference') between fans in the curva and political extremism has several dimensions.1996, Vic Duke, Liz Crolley, Football, Nationality and the State, Taylor & Francis. From the entry curva
  • Grace's artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert's pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay Weepy Memoir Of A Snail Crawls through a Gauntlet of Misery”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the…. From the entry woebegone
  • Grace’s artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert’s pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club. From the entry puncture
  • Beijing claims the facilities are “vocational training centres” and says they are a legitimate response to the threat of religious extremism.2020 January 6, Laura Zhou, “Marco Rubio urges US Congress to pass Uygur bill to counter China’s crackdown in Xinjiang”, in South China…. From the entry Xinjiang
  • Many longtime residents strongly oppose the extremism of the newcomers, sporting bumper stickers that say, “Don't Californicate Colorado.”2012 [2001], Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry bumper sticker
  • Chinese authorities continue to deny the abuse of Uighurs and other minorities, asserting that the camps are actually voluntary reeducation programs against extremism.2020 August 7, Sophie Stuber, “Video of Uighur handcuffed to bed in quarantine centre refocuses attention on Chinese persecution”, in…. From the entry Uighur
  • The developers told everybody the hippies' remonstrating was just environmental extremism and they didn't want you to have a home on this beautiful prairie.2017 October 17, Damien Carey, “Soooo, nobody told homeowners...reeeeeeeally? Nobody?”, in LHANC Buzz (Google Groups), archived from the…. From the entry full-stop
  • Palinism still seeks to balance the social conservatism and economic liberty of Reaganism, but it takes seriously the Goldwater extremism speech in its hyperactive purism and refusal to compromise.2010 July 29, David Schultz, “What is Orthodox Republicanism?”, in OpEdNews.com, retrieved 20 Aug 2010. From the entry Palinism
  • A docu-drama entitled "Crisis in the Local Congregation" on extremism was presented by a group from the Fourth Avenue Methodist Church under the directorship of Mr.1967, “Morning Session: January 18, 1967”, in Journal of the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting of the Board of Missions of the Methodist…. From the entry docudrama
  • Candidates in gubernatorial campaigns must stand pat in the middle, trying to push their rivals off the center line, charging the opponent with either left or right extremism.1962, Newsweek. From the entry pat
  • We've got one or two highly mediumizing institutions – the public schools, 'cricket' in its various forms – but as a people we're chockfull of extremism.1922, John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga - Volume 3. From the entry mediumize
  • The left was divided between the ALP Club, slowly being white-anted by supporters of the DLP, and a Labour or Socialist Club which disgraced the labour movement by its extremism.2002, Alan Barcan, Radical Students: The Old Left at Sydney University, page 324. From the entry white-ant

Meaning of extremism

  1. noun Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.

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Questions about extremism in a sentence

How do you use extremism in a sentence?
Extremism is used as a noun. For example: “For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.”
What is a short sentence with extremism?
““Engels is left holding the bag of 20th-century ideological extremism,” Mr.”
What does extremism mean?
Extremism means extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.

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