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extreme

adjective (BELIEFS)
 
 
/ɪkˈstriːm/

Definition

C2 describes beliefs and political parties that most people consider unreasonable and unacceptable: He has rather extreme views. He's on the extreme right wing of the party.Unsuitable and unacceptable
(Definition of extreme adjective (BELIEFS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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