extremism
noun
ex·trem·ism
ik-ˈstrē-ˌmi-zəm 
1
: the quality or state of being extreme
2
: advocacy of extreme measures or views : radicalism
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Since first taking office in January 2021, Bowman refused to internalize that his district was not a bastion of ideological extremism or a demographic monolith.
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Lloyd Green, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
Moscow has tried for decades to keep a lid on the raging Islamist extremism its years of brutal suppression and poverty have fomented across the North Caucasus.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 June 2024
Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Play Download Article After more than 20 years of costly military adventures, the United States has failed to root out extremism or bring liberal democracy to the oppressed.
—Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The changes take effect on June 18 and come after gun safety advocates have repeatedly called on the platform to do more to ensure gun videos aren't making their way to the site's youngest users, potentially traumatizing children or sending them down dark paths of extremism and violence.
—CBS News, 7 June 2024
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Lloyd Green, New York Daily News, 27 June 2024
Moscow has tried for decades to keep a lid on the raging Islamist extremism its years of brutal suppression and poverty have fomented across the North Caucasus.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 June 2024
Get Citation Request Reprint Permissions Play Download Article After more than 20 years of costly military adventures, the United States has failed to root out extremism or bring liberal democracy to the oppressed.
—Jonathan B. Petkun, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The changes take effect on June 18 and come after gun safety advocates have repeatedly called on the platform to do more to ensure gun videos aren't making their way to the site's youngest users, potentially traumatizing children or sending them down dark paths of extremism and violence.
—CBS News, 7 June 2024
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extremism
noun
ex·trem·ism
ik-ˈstrē-ˌmiz-əm
1
: the quality or state of being extreme
2
: belief in and support for extreme ideas especially in politics
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