extremist
adjective
- a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to or advocates extreme action
noun
- a person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, especially one who resorts to or advocates extreme action
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹiːmɪst/ / /ɛkˈstɹiːmɪst/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English extreme Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English extremist From extreme + -ist.
- Holding extreme views, especially on a political or religious subject.
“There are some minor extremist movements that are antiforeigner.”
“The hate crimes, once commonly referred to as “price tag attacks,” are committed by extremist Jewish youth from nearby settlements.”
- Of or relating to extremism.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English extreme Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English extremist From extreme + -ist.
- A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.
“In Urif, extremists spray painted “Death to Arabs” on shipping containers belonging to a local resident and the local quarry was tagged with the words “Fight the enemy.””
“Oy, mate! I'm an Australian extremist, and I've come to detonate this bomb that'll release all the world's deadliest spiders into... Did I pick a bad time?”