Thesaurus results for EXTREMISTS

extremists

noun

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 Spinks has spent years investigating and documenting nihilistic violent extremists and reported Spitze’s concerning online footprint to law enforcement. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026 With a real-world legal event like the SPLC indictment, extremists can point to government action as evidence that their worldview is being validated. — Art Jipson, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026 Far-right extremists are even encouraging Jewish-Arab violence atop the Temple Mount, the most sacred site in Judaism and the third holiest in Islam, which could ignite anti-Israel religious violence and terrorism in the region. — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2026 When Israeli extremists arrived in Qusra to force Palestinians from their homes, residents hoped the Israel Defense Forces would come to their aid. — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026 Extremists can win blue states, but presidential elections and congressional control are decided in purple states, and America will not elect extremists and socialists. — Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 Israel cannot continue with Bibi, Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, the other two extremists in the Knesset. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026 Beirich's arrest is the latest in the DOJ's case against the civil rights group long seen as an essential foil to the Ku Klux Klan and which historically worked with federal authorities to build cases against extremists. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Swatting is just one criminal element associated with 764, which federal authorities have characterized as a network of nihilistic violent extremists. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026

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Centrist Democrats are not socialists, not revolutionaries, and not disposed to blame Zionist conspiracies for every trouble in American life, including police brutality and urban gentrification.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
To make matters worse, ten days later, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

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During the nineteenth century, an older form of abolitionism was led by Black radicals.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
In the early days of the republic, there were many radicals and reformers who shared my suspicion that patriotism was an evasion, substituting songs and speeches about liberty for the reality.

— Dominic Erdozain, Time, 3 July 2026

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