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for extremist
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Extremist \Ex*trem"ist\, n.
A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds
extreme opinions.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
extremist
adj 1: (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm;
"extremist political views"; "radical opinions on
education"; "an ultra conservative" [syn: extremist,
radical, ultra]
n 1: a person who holds extreme views
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "extremist":
Bolshevik, Fabian, Jacobin, Wobbly, agitator, anarchist,
anarchistic, anarcho-syndicalist, bigoted, brawler, extravagant,
extreme, extreme left-winger, extremistic, fanatic, frondeur,
haggard, inordinate, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary,
insurrectionist, insurrecto, irrational, left-wing extremist,
lunatic fringe, malcontent, maverick, meliorist, mild radical,
mildly radical, mutineer, nihilist, nihilistic, nonconformist,
overenthusiastic, overreligious, overzealous, parlor Bolshevik,
parlor pink, perfervid, pink, pinko, progressionist, progressist,
progressive, progressivist, rabid, radical, rebel, red, reformer,
reformist, revisionist, revolter, revolutional, revolutionary,
revolutionist, rioter, sans-culotte, subversive, syndicalist,
traitor, ultra, ultraconservative, ultraist, ultraistic,
ultrazealous, unreasonable, utopian, utopist, wild-eyed,
wild-looking, yippie, zealotic
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