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
The car ramming that injured at least 36 people in Munich on Thursday, ahead of a major security conference featuring world leaders and defense leaders, was an intentional attack and is being treated as Islamic extremism, authorities said Friday.
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Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
In Crimea, more than 220 people have been detained for political reasons since 2014, of which at least 130 were Crimean Tatars, who were charged with extremism following Moscow’s crackdown on Islamic fundamentalism.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
As Germany prepares for its biggest election in decades, with the world’s richest man actively fanning the flames of far-right extremism, the Berlinale finds itself, again, in the heart of a political firestorm.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Very, According to Focus Group Countering terrorism that originates in foreign countries is far more successful when people in those countries are willing to share intelligence with us, monitor and report suspicious behavior to the authorities, and address the root causes of violent extremism.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2025
In Crimea, more than 220 people have been detained for political reasons since 2014, of which at least 130 were Crimean Tatars, who were charged with extremism following Moscow’s crackdown on Islamic fundamentalism.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
As Germany prepares for its biggest election in decades, with the world’s richest man actively fanning the flames of far-right extremism, the Berlinale finds itself, again, in the heart of a political firestorm.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
Very, According to Focus Group Countering terrorism that originates in foreign countries is far more successful when people in those countries are willing to share intelligence with us, monitor and report suspicious behavior to the authorities, and address the root causes of violent extremism.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Extremism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremism. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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