extremism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English extreme

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English extremism

From extreme + -ism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm/, /ɛkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɹi.mɪ.zəm/

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Noun

extremism (countable and uncountable, plural extremisms)

1. Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
   • 1971 October 6, Alberto R. Oliva, “The American Sense of Guilt”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     For a student of American history and a foreigner like myself, it is easier to understand all these extremisms of conscience.

   • 2007 February 8, Javad Zarif, “How Not to Inflame Iraq”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     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.”

Derived terms

• antiextremism
• counterextremism
• sextremism

Related terms

• extremist
• extremization
• extremize

Translations

extreme ideas or actions

• Albanian: ekstremizëm (sq) m
• Arabic: تَطَرُّف m (taṭarruf), غُلُوّ (ar) m (ḡuluww)
• Armenian: ծայրահեղականություն (hy) (cayraheġakanutʻyun), էքստրեմիզմ (hy) (ēkʻstremizm)
• Azerbaijani: ekstremizm, ifratçılıq
• Belarusian: экстрэмі́зм m (ekstremízm)
• Bengali: চরমপন্থা (bn) (corompontha)
• Bulgarian: екстреми́зъм m (ekstremízăm)
• Catalan: extremisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極端主義 / 极端主义 (zh) (jíduānzhǔyì), 過激主義 / 过激主义 (zh) (guòjīzhǔyì)

• Cornish: penndomereth f
• Czech: extremismus m
• Danish: ekstremisme c
• Dutch: extremisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: ekstremismo
• Estonian: äärmuslus, ekstremism
• Finnish: ääriaatteet, ekstremismi (fi)
• French: extrémisme (fr) m
• Galician: extremismo m
• Georgian: ექსტრემიზმი (eksṭremizmi)
• German: Extremismus (de) m
• Hebrew: קִצוֹנִיוּת f
• Hindi: अतिवाद (hi) m (ativād), उग्रवाद m (ugravād), चरमपंथ m (carampanth), चरमवाद m (caramvād)
• Hungarian: szélsőségesség (hu)
• Italian: estremismo (it) m
• Japanese: 過激主義 (かげきしゅぎ, kagekishugi), 極端主義 (きょくたんしゅぎ, kyokutanshugi)
• Kazakh: экстремизм (èkstremiyzm)
• Korean: 극단주의(極端主義) (geukdanjuui)
• Kyrgyz: экстремизм (ky) (ekstremizm)
• Latvian: ekstrēmisms m
• Lithuanian: ekstremizmas m
• Macedonian: екстреми́зам m (ekstremízam)
• Malay: faham pelampau, faham ekstremis, ekstremisme
• Māori: angahārukitanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ekstremisme m

• Occitan: extremisme (oc) m
• Persian: افراط‌گرایی (efrât-garâyi)
• Polish: ekstremizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: extremismo (pt) m
• Romanian: extremism (ro) n
• Russian: экстреми́зм (ru) m (ekstremízm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: екстремѝзам m

  Latin: ekstremìzam (sh) m

• Slovak: extrémizmus m
• Slovene: ekstremizem m
• Spanish: extremismo (es) m
• Swedish: extremism (sv) c
• Tajik: экстремизм (ekstremizm), ифротгарои (ifrotgaro-yi)
• Turkish: aşırılık (tr), ekstremizm
• Turkmen: ekstremizm
• Ukrainian: екстремі́зм (uk) m (ekstremízm)
• Urdu: اِنْتِہا پَسَنْدی f (intihā pasandī)
• Uyghur: ئېكسترىمىزم (ëkstrimizm)
• Uzbek: ekstremizm (uz)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa cực đoan (主義極端)
• Welsh: eithafiaeth f

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French extrémisme. By surface analysis, extrem +‎ -ism.

Noun

extremism n (uncountable)

1. extremism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	extremism	extremismul
genitive-dative	extremism	extremismului
vocative	extremismule

Swedish

Etymology

extrem +‎ -ism

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Noun

extremism c

1. extremism

Declension

Declension of extremism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	extremism	extremisms
	definite	extremismen	extremismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• högerextremism
• vänsterextremism

Related terms

• extremist
• extremistisk

References

• “extremism”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “extremism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)