单词 | extremist |
释义 | extremistex‧trem‧ist /ɪkˈstriːmɪst/ ●○○ noun [countable] ![]() ![]() EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwords for describing extreme opinions or people► extreme Collocations extreme opinions or beliefs about politics, religion etc are too strong and most people regard them as unreasonable: · Buchanan's political views are too extreme for most Americans.· extreme left-wing groups· We like to present an extreme position to get people to react to it. ► extremist extremist ideas or political organizations involve actions or aims that are very strong and most people think are unreasonable: · The military is expecting a violent response from extremist groups.· extremist elements within the party· Neither of these extremist solutions seemed very popular with the voters. ► far-left/far-right relating to the most extreme left wing or right wing of a political organization or among followers of a set of political beliefs: · Both the far-left Communists and the far-right National Alliance are calling for new elections.· Observers are disturbed by the rise in the number of far-right militias. ► hardline having very definite and extreme political opinions and aims, and completely unwilling to accept or support anything different or less extreme: · The army is run by a few hardline generals.· Hardline separatists have rejected the proposed constitution. ► ultra: ultra-right-wing/left-wing/radical etc far more right-wing, left-wing etc than usual: · He spoke before the ultra-right-wing Heritage Foundation on Thursday.· The Socialist party has been infiltrated by members of the ultra-radical "True Path" group. someone who has extreme opinions► extremist someone who has extreme opinions, especially about politics or religion: · The government condemns anyone who disagrees with it as extremists.· The regime has been accused of supporting extremists in other countries in the region.· Left-wing extremists have threatened to disrupt the political convention. ► fanatic someone who agrees with and supports very extreme religious or political aims, is completely certain that their opinions are right, and who is thought to be dangerous: · His parents were religious fanatics who didn't allow him to play with other children.· Pro-Fascist fanatics have continued their attacks on foreigners. ► hardliner someone who believes very deeply in a set of political aims and ideas, and will not accept or support any changes to them, even if this is unreasonable or unhelpful: · Cuban-American hardliners continue to reject any dealings with Castro.· The Prime Minister has been criticized by hardliners in his party for giving away too much in the treaty. ► militant someone who is willing to work outside usual political structures, and use illegal or violent methods if necessary, in order to achieve political change: · He is one of the militants convicted of the World Trade Center bombing.· A crowd of militants took to the streets to protest the government's policies. ► fundamentalist someone who follows the rules of their religion very strictly, in a way that seems very unusual to people who do not believe in the same way: Christian/Muslim/Jewish/Hindu etc fundamentalist: · an organized Christian fundamentalist movementfundamentalist group/leader/party/church etc: · They belong to a fundamentalist church. ► hardcore/hard-core the hardcore members of a political organization are the small group of people who have the strongest beliefs and who do the most work: · The organization has only about 30 hardcore supporters.· Dole at least had the support of loyal hard-core Republicans. ► zealot someone who has very extreme beliefs about something, especially about religion, and who thinks that everyone else should live their lives according to religious rules and beliefs: · A few zealots strongly objected to the proposed sale of alcohol at the local store.· Anti-abortion zealots are responsible for the bombing of the clinic. ► diehard someone who completely refuses to accept new ideas, especially political ideas, even after most other people have accepted them: · Salisbury, Walton, and a few other diehards still refused to join the coalition.· Taylor is one of the diehards willing to push the development program at any price. ► lunatic fringe a small number of people within a larger organization or movement, whose ideas are so extreme or unusual that most people think they are stupid or a little crazy: · Many think the lunatic fringe has really harmed the public image of gays among the middle class.· Animal rights campaigners blame the latest set of bomb attacks on the lunatic fringe within the movement. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► political Word family· Many social scientists have found the closed world of political extremists to be an exotic topic of study.· These valid concerns have become polarized by political extremists.· As we have noted, there were a number of political extremists. ► religious· However, he was alarmed to find the army was being infiltrated by those he regarded as religious extremists. NOUN► group· But the incendiary devices were different from those used in previous arson attacks by the extremist group.· The department did not link the two to any extremist groups and has closed its case.· Loyalist extremist groups which planted bombs, on the other hand, often gave no warning.· The nights belonged to the several extremist groups demanding an independent Sikh state.· A Right-wing extremist group, the White Wolves, yesterday claimed responsibility for the attack. WORD FAMILYnounextremeextremismextremistextremityadjectiveextremeextremistadverbextremely someone who has extreme political opinions and aims, and who is willing to do unusual or illegal things in order to achieve them: ![]() |
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