extremists

noun

Definition of extremistsnext
plural of extremist
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 Over nearly 14 years, the civil war spiraled into a multisided conflict involving rebels, extremists and others. — Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024 In January, a media report revealed that some figures from the party attended a meeting in which extremists discussed the deportation of millions of migrants, including some with German citizenship and this triggered mass protests against the far-right. — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 Nazis, Communists, anarchists and other extremists use law and morality as tactics to serve their narrow ideological ends. — Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024

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