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Extremist

A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.

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Immoderate 84% connected

Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate…

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Immoderate 84% connected

Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate…

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Radical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

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Radical 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.

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Ultra 92% connected

Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.

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Affix noun · 78% connection

a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

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Allomorph noun · 78% connection

any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound; "calcium carbonate occurs in the allomorphs calcite and arag…

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Base noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

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Bound adjective · 78% connection

headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’; "children bound for…

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Bound form noun · 78% connection

a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns

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Bound morpheme noun · 78% connection

a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns

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Combination noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Combining form noun · 78% connection

a bound form used only in compounds; "‘hemato-’ is a combining form in words like ‘hematology’"

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Compounding noun · 78% connection

the act of combining things to form a new whole

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Descriptor noun · 78% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

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Destined adjective · 78% connection

headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’; "children bound for…

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form noun · 78% connection

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…

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Free noun · 78% connection

people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"

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Free form noun · 78% connection

a morpheme that can occur alone

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Free morpheme noun · 78% connection

a morpheme that can occur alone

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Free people noun · 78% connection

people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"

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Infix noun · 78% connection

an affix that is inserted inside the word

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Abomination noun · 78% connection

The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing; as, he holds tobacco in abomination.

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Agony noun · 78% connection

Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence,…

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Ascetic noun · 78% connection

In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and…

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Atheistical adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books.

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Bigoted adjective · 78% connection

Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal…

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Build verb · 78% connection

To rest or depend, as on a foundation; to ground one's self or one's hopes or opinions upon something deemed reliable; to rely; as, to…

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Catholicity noun · 78% connection

Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves.

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Cerinthian noun · 78% connection

One of an ancient religious sect, so called from Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of…

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Conservative noun · 78% connection

One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolu…

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Cynicism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous…

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Desperate adjective · 78% connection

Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

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Dignitary noun · 78% connection

One who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor; especially, one who holds an ecclesiastical rank above that of…

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Doctrinaire noun · 78% connection

One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a…

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Eclectic adjective · 78% connection

Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosop…

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