as in radical
being very far from the center of public opinion
their extremist views on religious issues set them apart from the rest of the community
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as in revolutionary
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
extremists wanted to do away with everything, even though they had no thought-out plan for what to do afterwards
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Lori Vallow Daybell, the mother convicted of killing her children in Idaho after joining a radical religious cult in 2018, is back in court, this time in Arizona, fighting murder conspiracy charges.—
Jessica Boehm, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
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In 1970, Santoro joined the radical Roman feminist group Rivolta Femminile (Women’s Revolt), founded that year by art critic and philosopher Carla Lonzi together with artist Carla Accardi and political journalist Elvira Banotti.—
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What makes this revolutionary isn't the technical sophistication – the components are reasonably standard web technologies – but rather the standardization itself.—
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Young men who, in earlier generations, would have become rabbis now hope to become professors or revolutionaries.—
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The extreme selling on Thursday and Friday revealed that over 90% of the stocks on the NYSE declined and over 90% of the volume was declining volume.—
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The extreme weather has also destroyed several homes and caused significant damage to structures, Fox Weather and Fox 10 reported.—
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King’s 1981 book about a mother and son who get trapped in their car while protecting themselves from a rabid dog was first adapted for the screen in the 1983.—
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The independent releasing strategy tied to another of Roth’s points of horror, the rabid fanbase.—
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“Extremist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extremist. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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