"extremism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪkˈstɹi.mɪ.zəm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-extremism.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-extremism.wav Forms: extremisms [plural]
Etymology: From extreme + -ism. Etymology templates: {{af|en|extreme|-ism}} extreme + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} extremism (countable and uncountable, plural extremisms)
  1. Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: extremist, extremization, extremize Translations (extreme ideas or actions): ekstremizëm [masculine] (Albanian), تَطَرُّف (taṭarruf) [masculine] (Arabic), غُلُوّ (ḡuluww) [masculine] (Arabic), ծայրահեղականություն (cayraheġakanutʻyun) (Armenian), էքստրեմիզմ (ēkʻstremizm) (Armenian), ekstremizm (Azerbaijani), ifratçılıq (Azerbaijani), экстрэмі́зм (ekstremízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), চরমপন্থা (corompontha) (Bengali), екстреми́зъм (ekstremízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), extremisme [masculine] (Catalan), 極端主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 极端主义 (jíduānzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 過激主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 过激主义 (guòjīzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), penndomereth [feminine] (Cornish), extremismus [masculine] (Czech), ekstremisme [common-gender] (Danish), extremisme [neuter] (Dutch), ekstremismo (Esperanto), äärmuslus (Estonian), ekstremism (Estonian), ääriaatteet (Finnish), ekstremismi (Finnish), extrémisme [masculine] (French), extremismo [masculine] (Galician), ექსტრემიზმი (eksṭremizmi) (Georgian), Extremismus [masculine] (German), קִצוֹנִיוּת [feminine] (Hebrew), अतिवाद (ativād) [masculine] (Hindi), उग्रवाद (ugravād) [masculine] (Hindi), चरमपंथ (carampanth) [masculine] (Hindi), चरमवाद (caramvād) [masculine] (Hindi), szélsőségesség (Hungarian), estremismo [masculine] (Italian), 過激主義 (kagekishugi) (alt: かげきしゅぎ) (Japanese), 極端主義 (kyokutanshugi) (alt: きょくたんしゅぎ) (Japanese), экстремизм (ékstremizm) (Kazakh), 극단주의 (geukdanjuui) (alt: 極端主義) (Korean), экстремизм (ekstremizm) (Kyrgyz), ekstrēmisms [masculine] (Latvian), ekstremizmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), екстреми́зам (ekstremízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), faham pelampau (Malay), faham ekstremis (Malay), ekstremisme (Malay), angahārukitanga (Maori), ekstremisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), extremisme [masculine] (Occitan), افراطگرایی (efrât-garâyi) (Persian), ekstremizm [masculine] (Polish), extremismo [masculine] (Portuguese), extremism [neuter] (Romanian), экстреми́зм (ekstremízm) [masculine] (Russian), екстремѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ekstremìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), extrémizmus [masculine] (Slovak), ekstremizem [masculine] (Slovene), extremismo [masculine] (Spanish), extremism [common-gender] (Swedish), экстремизм (ekstremizm) (Tajik), ифротгарои (ifrotgaro-yi) (Tajik), aşırılık (Turkish), ekstremizm (Turkish), ekstremizm (Turkmen), екстремі́зм (ekstremízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), اِنْتِہا پَسَنْدی (intihā pasandī) [feminine] (Urdu), ئېكسترىمىزم (ëkstrimizm) (Uyghur), ekstremizm (Uzbek), chủ nghĩa cực đoan (alt: 主義極端) (Vietnamese), eithafiaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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          "roman": "cayraheġakanutʻyun",
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          "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
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          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekstrēmisms"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekstremizmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ekstremízam",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "екстреми́зам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "faham pelampau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "faham ekstremis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "ekstremisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "angahārukitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekstremisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "extremisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "efrât-garâyi",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "افراطگرایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekstremizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "extremismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "extremism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekstremízm",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "экстреми́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "екстремѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekstremìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "extrémizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ekstremizem"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "extremismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "extremism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ekstremizm",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "экстремизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ifrotgaro-yi",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "ифротгарои"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "aşırılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "ekstremizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "ekstremizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ekstremízm",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "екстремі́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "intihā pasandī",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "اِنْتِہا پَسَنْدی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ëkstrimizm",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "ئېكسترىمىزم"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "ekstremizm"
    },
    {
      "alt": "主義極端",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "word": "chủ nghĩa cực đoan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "extreme ideas or actions",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eithafiaeth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "extremism"
}

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