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EXTREMISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extremism mean? 

EXTREMISM (noun)
  The noun EXTREMISM has 1 sense:

1. any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policiesplay

  Familiarity information: EXTREMISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXTREMISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("extremism" is a kind of...):

ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

Derivation:

extremist (a person who holds extreme views)


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