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Ideology vs Extremist - What's the difference?

ideology | extremist |

As nouns the difference between ideology and extremist

is that ideology is doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group while extremist is extremist.

ideology

Noun

(ideologies)
  • Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or principles belonging to an individual or group.
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  • The study of the origin and nature of ideas.
  • Usage notes

    Original meaning “study of ideas” (following the etymology), today primarily used to mean “doctrine”. For example “communist ideology” generally refers to “communist doctrine”; study of communist ideas instead being “communist philosophy”, or more clearly “philosophy of communism”; only rarely “ideology of communism”.

    extremist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • holding extreme views, especially on a political subject
  • of, or relating to extremism