extremist
/ɪkˈstriːmɪst
/ /ɛkˈstriːmɪst/noun chiefly derogatory
A person who holds extreme political or religious views, especially one who advocates illegal, violent, or other extreme action: right-wing extremists [as modifier]: extremist groups...
- I've been amusing myself with the idea of militant liberalism or liberal extremists.
- What has driven the people of Europe's most stable country into the hands of political extremists?
- The sooner we send extremists of all political parties packing, the better!
Synonyms
fanatic, radical, zealot, fundamentalist, hardliner, dogmatist, bigot, diehard, militant, activist;
sectarian, chauvinist, partisan
informal ultra, maniac, crank