noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ɪkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɛkˈstɹiː.mɪ.zəm/
General-American:/ɪkˈstɹi.mɪ.zəm/
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CMU ARPABET:EH2 K S T R EH1 M IH0 Z AH0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:EH2 K S T R IY1 M IH2 Z AH0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Extreme ideas or actions, primarily in politics or religion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: political orientation, ideology, political theory
History
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-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English extremism From extreme + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
ekstremizëm
— extreme ideas or actions
Arabic:
تَطَرُّف
(taṭarruf)
— extreme ideas or actions
Arabic:
غُلُوّ
(ḡuluww)
— extreme ideas or actions
Armenian:
ծայրահեղականություն
(cayraheġakanutʻyun)
— extreme ideas or actions
Armenian:
էքստրեմիզմ
(ēkʻstremizm)
— extreme ideas or actions
Azerbaijani:
ekstremizm
— extreme ideas or actions
Azerbaijani:
ifratçılıq
— extreme ideas or actions
Belarusian:
экстрэмі́зм
(ekstremízm)
— extreme ideas or actions
Bengali:
চরমপন্থা
(corompontha)
— extreme ideas or actions
Bulgarian:
екстреми́зъм
(ekstremízǎm)
— extreme ideas or actions
Catalan:
extremisme
— extreme ideas or actions
Chinese Mandarin:
極端主義 /极端主义
(jíduānzhǔyì)
— extreme ideas or actions
Chinese Mandarin:
過激主義 /过激主义
(guòjīzhǔyì)
— extreme ideas or actions
Cornish:
penndomereth
— extreme ideas or actions
Czech:
extremismus
— extreme ideas or actions
Danish:
ekstremisme
— extreme ideas or actions
Dutch:
extremisme
— extreme ideas or actions
Esperanto:
ekstremismo
— extreme ideas or actions
Estonian:
äärmuslus
— extreme ideas or actions
Estonian:
ekstremism
— extreme ideas or actions
Finnish:
ääriaatteet
— extreme ideas or actions
Finnish:
ekstremismi
— extreme ideas or actions
French:
extrémisme
— extreme ideas or actions
Galician:
extremismo
— extreme ideas or actions
Georgian:
ექსტრემიზმი
(eksṭremizmi)
— extreme ideas or actions
German:
Extremismus
— extreme ideas or actions
Hebrew:
קִצוֹנִיוּת
— extreme ideas or actions
Hindi:
अतिवाद
(ativād)
— extreme ideas or actions
Hindi:
उग्रवाद
(ugravād)
— extreme ideas or actions
Hindi:
चरमपंथ
(carampanth)
— extreme ideas or actions
Hindi:
चरमवाद
(caramvād)
— extreme ideas or actions
Hungarian:
szélsőségesség
— extreme ideas or actions
Italian:
estremismo
— extreme ideas or actions
Japanese:
過激主義
(kagekishugi)
— extreme ideas or actions
Japanese:
極端主義
(kyokutanshugi)
— extreme ideas or actions
Kazakh:
экстремизм
(ékstremizm)
— extreme ideas or actions
Korean:
극단주의
(geukdanjuui)
— extreme ideas or actions
Kyrgyz:
экстремизм
(ekstremizm)
— extreme ideas or actions
Latvian:
ekstrēmisms
— extreme ideas or actions
Lithuanian:
ekstremizmas
— extreme ideas or actions
Macedonian:
екстреми́зам
(ekstremízam)
— extreme ideas or actions
Malay:
faham pelampau
— extreme ideas or actions
Malay:
faham ekstremis
— extreme ideas or actions
Malay:
ekstremisme
— extreme ideas or actions
Māori:
angahārukitanga
— extreme ideas or actions
Norwegian Bokmål:
ekstremisme
— extreme ideas or actions
Occitan:
extremisme
— extreme ideas or actions
Persian:
افراطگرایی
(efrât-garâyi)
— extreme ideas or actions
Polish:
ekstremizm
— extreme ideas or actions
Portuguese:
extremismo
— extreme ideas or actions
Romanian:
extremism
— extreme ideas or actions
Russian:
экстреми́зм
(ekstremízm)
— extreme ideas or actions
Serbo-Croatian:
екстремѝзам
— extreme ideas or actions
Serbo-Croatian:
ekstremìzam
— extreme ideas or actions
Slovak:
extrémizmus
— extreme ideas or actions
Slovene:
ekstremizem
— extreme ideas or actions
Spanish:
extremismo
— extreme ideas or actions
Swedish:
extremism
— extreme ideas or actions
Tajik:
экстремизм
(ekstremizm)
— extreme ideas or actions
Tajik:
ифротгарои
(ifrotgaro-yi)
— extreme ideas or actions
Turkish:
aşırılık
— extreme ideas or actions
Turkish:
ekstremizm
— extreme ideas or actions
Turkmen:
ekstremizm
— extreme ideas or actions
Ukrainian:
екстремі́зм
(ekstremízm)
— extreme ideas or actions
Urdu:
اِنْتِہا پَسَنْدی
(intihā pasandī)
— extreme ideas or actions
Uyghur:
ئېكسترىمىزم
(ëkstrimizm)
— extreme ideas or actions
Uzbek:
ekstremizm
— extreme ideas or actions
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa cực đoan
— extreme ideas or actions
