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noun
Radicalism or political extremism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A Spanish poetic movement opposed to modernism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra 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 ultraism From ultra + -ism.
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