Meanings
plural extremisms
- countableuncountableExtreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.
1971 June 10, Alberto R. Oliva, “The American Sense of Guilt”, in The New York Times1 more example
Echoing the views of my colleagues from the region and beyond, I told the Security Council on Feb. 18, 2003, that while the ramifications of the war could go beyond anyone’s calculations, “one outcome is almost certain: extremism stands to benefit enormously from an uncalculated adventure in Iraq.”
2007 August 2, Javad Zarif, “How Not to Inflame Iraq”, in The New York Times
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَطَرُّف, غُلُوّ
- تَطَرُّف (taṭarruf)extreme ideas or actions
- غُلُوّ (ḡuluww)extreme ideas or actions
Bengali চরমপন্থা
- চরমপন্থা (corompontha)extreme ideas or actions
Bulgarian екстреми́зъм
- екстреми́зъм (ekstremízăm)extreme ideas or actions
Catalan extremisme
- extremismeextreme ideas or actions
Chinese Mandarin 極端主義 /极端主义, 過激主義 /过激主义
- 極端主義 /极端主义 (jíduānzhǔyì)extreme ideas or actions
- 過激主義 /过激主义 (guòjīzhǔyì)extreme ideas or actions
Czech extremismus
- extremismusextreme ideas or actions
Danish ekstremisme
- ekstremismeextreme ideas or actions
Dutch extremisme
- extremismeextreme ideas or actions
Esperanto ekstremismo
- ekstremismoextreme ideas or actions
Estonian äärmuslus, ekstremism
- äärmuslusextreme ideas or actions
- ekstremismextreme ideas or actions
Finnish ääriaatteet, ekstremismi
- ääriaatteetextreme ideas or actions
- ekstremismiextreme ideas or actions
French extrémisme
- extrémismeextreme ideas or actions
German Extremismus
- Extremismusextreme ideas or actions
Hebrew קִצוֹנִיוּת
- קִצוֹנִיוּתextreme ideas or actions
Hindi अतिवाद, उग्रवाद
- अतिवाद (ativād)extreme ideas or actions
- उग्रवाद (ugravād)extreme ideas or actions
- चरमपंथ (carampanth)extreme ideas or actions
- चरमवाद (caramvād)extreme ideas or actions
Hungarian szélsőségesség
- szélsőségességextreme ideas or actions
Italian estremismo
- estremismoextreme ideas or actions
Japanese 過激主義, 極端主義
- 過激主義 (kagekishugi)extreme ideas or actions
- 極端主義 (kyokutanshugi)extreme ideas or actions
Korean 극단주의
- 극단주의 (geukdanjuui)extreme ideas or actions
Latvian ekstrēmisms
- ekstrēmismsextreme ideas or actions
Lithuanian ekstremizmas
- ekstremizmasextreme ideas or actions
Malay faham pelampau, faham ekstremis
- faham pelampauextreme ideas or actions
- faham ekstremisextreme ideas or actions
- ekstremismeextreme ideas or actions
Māori angahārukitanga
- angahārukitangaextreme ideas or actions
Norwegian Bokmål ekstremisme
- ekstremismeextreme ideas or actions
Persian افراطگرایی
- افراطگرایی (efrât-garâyi)extreme ideas or actions
Polish ekstremizm
- ekstremizmextreme ideas or actions
Portuguese extremismo
- extremismoextreme ideas or actions
Romanian extremism
- extremismextreme ideas or actions
Russian экстреми́зм
- экстреми́зм (ekstremízm)extreme ideas or actions
Slovak extrémizmus
- extrémizmusextreme ideas or actions
Spanish extremismo
- extremismoextreme ideas or actions
Swedish extremism
- extremismextreme ideas or actions
Turkish aşırılık, ekstremizm
- aşırılıkextreme ideas or actions
- ekstremizmextreme ideas or actions
Ukrainian екстремі́зм
- екстремі́зм (ekstremízm)extreme ideas or actions
Urdu اِنْتِہا پَسَنْدی
- اِنْتِہا پَسَنْدی (intihā pasandī)extreme ideas or actions
Vietnamese chủ nghĩa cực đoan
- chủ nghĩa cực đoanextreme ideas or actions
Welsh eithafiaeth
- eithafiaethextreme ideas or actions
Cite this entry
extremism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extremism
“extremism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extremism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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