as in excessiveness
belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable
political extremism
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Recent Examples of extremism
Only nonmilitary solutions can address the underlying causes that fuel extremism.
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Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
The only way forward is to dismantle Hamas, empower Palestinian leaders who reject extremism and invest in a long-term solution where both peoples can live with security, dignity and self-determination.
—Hen Mazzig, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Other researchers and groups — including the Anti-Defamation League, Canadian extremism expert Marc-André Argentino and SITE Intelligence Group — have also determined these likely belong to Henderson.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 25 Jan. 2025
After a term marked by civil unrest, incompetence, moral and ethical failures, conspiracy theories, extremism, mismanaging COVID, and overseeing Republican losses in the House and the Senate, America was decidedly tired of Trump’s ineptitude and self-destructiveness.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
The only way forward is to dismantle Hamas, empower Palestinian leaders who reject extremism and invest in a long-term solution where both peoples can live with security, dignity and self-determination.
—Hen Mazzig, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2025
Other researchers and groups — including the Anti-Defamation League, Canadian extremism expert Marc-André Argentino and SITE Intelligence Group — have also determined these likely belong to Henderson.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 25 Jan. 2025
After a term marked by civil unrest, incompetence, moral and ethical failures, conspiracy theories, extremism, mismanaging COVID, and overseeing Republican losses in the House and the Senate, America was decidedly tired of Trump’s ineptitude and self-destructiveness.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Extremism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremism. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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