extremist

C1 Topic:People & Society
US /ɪkˈstɹiːmɪst/
adj noun Freq #24467

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who holds extreme political or religious views and may use extreme methods.

    The attack was carried out by a group of violent extremists.

  2. 2
    adj

    Holding or relating to extreme political or religious views.

    He was arrested for spreading extremist propaganda online.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · holding or relating to... radical
Word family
Forms extremists

Etymology

From extreme + -ist.

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