extremist

See also: Extremist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English extreme

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English extremist

From extreme + -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈstɹiːmɪst/, /ɛkˈstɹiːmɪst/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

extremist (plural extremists)

1. (politics) A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.

   Synonym: (rare) jusquaboutist

   • 2018 May 10, Edo Konrad, “Living in the constant shadow of settler violence”, in +972 Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 June 2025:

     In Urif, extremists spray painted “Death to Arabs” on shipping containers belonging to a local resident and the local quarry was tagged with the words “Fight the enemy.”

   • 2025 June 20, Gooseworx, “Untitled” (5:03 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus‎^[2], episode 5, spoken by Jax (Michael Kovach):

     Oy, mate! I'm an Australian extremist, and I've come to detonate this bomb that'll release all the world's deadliest spiders into... Did I pick a bad time?

Derived terms

• antiextremist
• counterextremist
• nonextremist
• sextremist

Translations

person who holds extreme views

• Afrikaans: ekstremis
• Arabic: مُتَطَرِّف m (mutaṭarrif), مُتَطَرِّفَة f (mutaṭarrifa)
• Armenian: ծայրահեղական (hy) (cayraheġakan)
• Azerbaijani: ifratçı
• Belarusian: экстрэмі́ст m (ekstremíst), экстрэмі́стка f (ekstremístka)
• Bulgarian: екстреми́ст m (ekstremíst), екстреми́стка f (ekstremístka)
• Catalan: extremista
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極端主義者 / 极端主义者 (jíduānzhǔyìzhě)

• Cornish: den penndom m, benyn benndom f
• Czech: extremista (cs) m, extremistka f
• Dutch: extremist (nl) m
• Esperanto: ekstremisto
• Faroese: víðgongdur maður
• Finnish: ekstremisti (fi)
• French: extrémiste (fr) m
• Galician: extremista m or f
• Georgian: ექსტრემისტი (eksṭremisṭi)
• German: Extremist (de) m, Extremistin (de) f
• Hindi: अतिवादी (hi) m (ativādī), उग्रवादी (hi) m (ugravādī), चरमपंथी m (carampanthī), इंतहापसंद m (intahāpasand)
• Indonesian: ekstremis (id)
• Irish: antoisceach m
• Japanese: 急進派 (kyūshinha), 過激派 (ja) (kagekiha)
• Korean: 과격분자 (gwagyeokbunja), 극단주의자 (geukdanjuuija)
• Malay: pelampau, ekstremis
• Occitan: extremista (oc) m or f
• Polish: ekstremista (pl) m, ekstremistka f
• Portuguese: extremista (pt) m or f
• Russian: экстреми́ст (ru) m (ekstremíst), экстреми́стка (ru) f (ekstremístka)
• Spanish: extremista (es) m or f
• Swedish: extremist (sv) c
• Ukrainian: екстремі́ст m (ekstremíst), екстремі́стка f (ekstremístka)
• Urdu: انتہاپسند m (intihāpasand)
• Walloon: estremisse (wa) m or f
• Welsh: eithafwr (cy) m

Adjective

extremist (comparative more extremist, superlative most extremist)

1. Holding extreme views, especially on a political or religious subject.
   • 2006, Terttu Leney, Culture Smart! Finland: A Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquette:

     There are some minor extremist movements that are antiforeigner.

   • 2018 May 10, Edo Konrad, “Living in the constant shadow of settler violence”, in +972 Magazine‎^[3], archived from the original on 15 June 2025:

     The hate crimes, once commonly referred to as “price tag attacks,” are committed by extremist Jewish youth from nearby settlements.

2. Of or relating to extremism.

Translations

holding extreme views

• Afrikaans: ekstremisties
• Arabic: تَطَرُّفِيّ (taṭarrufiyy)
• Armenian: ծայրահեղական (hy) (cayraheġakan)
• Belarusian: экстрэмі́сцкі (ekstremíscki)
• Bulgarian: екстреми́стки (ekstremístki)
• Catalan: extremista
• Cornish: penndom
• Czech: extremistický (cs)
• Dutch: extremistisch (nl)
• Esperanto: radikalega, ekstrema (eo)
• Finnish: ääri-
• Galician: extremista m or f
• Georgian: ექსტრემისტული (eksṭremisṭuli)
• German: extremistisch (de)
• Hebrew: קיצוני (he) m (kitzoni)
• Hindi: अतिवादी (hi) (ativādī), उग्रवादी (hi) (ugravādī), चरमपंथी (carampanthī), इंतहापसंद (inthāpsand)
• Māori: angahāruki
• Polish: ekstremistyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: extremista (pt)
• Russian: экстреми́стский (ru) (ekstremístskij)
• Spanish: extremista (es)
• Swedish: extremistisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: екстремі́стський (ekstremístsʹkyj)
• Urdu: انتہاپسند (intihāpasand)
• Welsh: eithafol (cy)

of, or relating to extremism

• Afrikaans: ekstremisties
• Armenian: ծայրահեղական (hy) (cayraheġakan)
• Catalan: extremista
• Dutch: extremistisch (nl)
• Esperanto: ekstremisma
• Finnish: ekstremistinen, ääri-
• Galician: extremista m or f
• German: extremistisch (de)
• Hindi: अतिवादी (hi) (ativādī), उग्रवादी (hi) (ugravādī), चरमपंथी (carampanthī), इंतहापसंद (inthāpsand)
• Portuguese: extremista (pt)
• Spanish: extremista (es)
• Swedish: extremistisk (sv)

Dutch

Etymology

From extreem +‎ -ist. Perhaps borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛks.treːˈmɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ex‧tre‧mist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

extremist m (plural extremisten, diminutive extremistje n)

1. (politics) extremist

Derived terms

• links-extremist
• rechts-extremist

Related terms

• extreem
• extremisme

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ekstremis
• → Indonesian: ekstremis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French extrémiste. By surface analysis, extrem +‎ -ist.

Noun

extremist m (plural extremiști)

1. extremist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	extremist	extremistul	extremiști	extremiștii
genitive-dative	extremist	extremistului	extremiști	extremiștilor
vocative	extremistule		extremiștilor

Swedish

Etymology

extrem +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

extremist c

1. an extremist

Declension

Declension of extremist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	extremist	extremists
	definite	extremisten	extremistens
plural	indefinite	extremister	extremisters
	definite	extremisterna	extremisternas

Derived terms

• extremistgrupp
• högerextremist
• vänsterextremist

Related terms

• extremism
• extremistisk

References

• “extremist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)