Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Extremism, especially in politics or government; radicalism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principles of ultras, or men who advocate extreme measures, as a radical reform, etc.
- noun An extreme or radical statement or action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The principles of those who advocate extreme measures, as radical reform, and the like.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
radicalism orpolitical extremism - noun a
Spanish poetry genre
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Examples
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Were it not for its ultraism in politics, we should regard it as the most valuable journal of the day.
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They do want the ultimate control of life and death over others dressed up in social conscience and economic ultraism.
Medpundit 2006
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Or is his maximum ultraism that which makes his message succeed?
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Or is his maximum ultraism that which makes his message succeed?
Recap: The Rabbi, The Reverend & The Renegade | Jewschool 2004
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They were kindred but not allied, and south of the border, the differences were stressed by giving other names to the corresponding impulses in style - ultraism, creationism.
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But when you and your friend seek the positions of "night-patrols or inspectors of police," you run into ultraism, the parent of all _isms_; but, luckily a parent like Saturn, who destroys its offspring.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
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Shall our country ever be freed from the curse of curses, religious ultraism, bigotry, and delusion?
A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery A. Woodward
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But, if defeated, it will be a triumph of ultraism and impracticability -- a triumph of a most extraordinary conjunction of extremes; a victory won by abolitionism; a victory achieved by freesoilism; a victory of discord and agitation over peace and tranquillity; and I pray to Almighty God that it may not, in consequence of the inauspicious result, lead to the most unhappy and disastrous consequences to our beloved country.
American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) Various 1899
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"If Mr. Webster has any charm by the magic influence of which he can control the ultraism, of the North and of the South, he cannot too soon try its effects."
Webster's Seventh of March Speech and the Secession Movement, 1850 Herbert Darling Foster 1895
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An attempt last year to execute this rule upon dress in the Cincinnati Station brought confusion into it, he claimed, and by ultraism on this subject did more harm than good.
qms commented on the word ultraism
The Pharma Bro’s free market ultraism,
Though seen quite rightly as vulturism,
Was deemed unassailable
So crimes that were jailable
Were found to obtain a result in prison.
August 29, 2018