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[syn: extremist, radical, ultra]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ultra \Ul"tra\, a. [See Ultra-.]
Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical;
uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ultra \Ul"tra\, n.
One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an
extremist; a radical. --Brougham.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ultra- \Ul"tra-\, a.
A prefix from the Latin ultra beyond (see Ulterior), having
in composition the signification beyond, on the other side,
chiefly when joined with words expressing relations of place;
as, ultramarine, ultramontane, ultramundane, ultratropical,
etc. In other relations it has the sense of excessively,
exceedingly, beyond what is common, natural, right, or
proper; as, ultraconservative; ultrademocratic,
ultradespotic, ultraliberal, ultraradical, etc.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ultra
adj 1: (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm;
"extremist political views"; "radical opinions on
education"; "an ultra conservative" [syn: extremist,
radical, ultra]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "ultra":
Bolshevik, Jacobin, Wobbly, anarchist, anarcho-syndicalist,
at the height, at the limit, extreme, extreme left-winger,
extremist, fanatic, far out, furthest, greatest, kinky,
left-wing extremist, lunatic fringe, mild radical, most, nihilist,
outre, parlor Bolshevik, parlor pink, pink, pinko, rabid, radical,
red, revolutional, revolutionary, revolutionist, sans-culotte,
subversive, syndicalist, too much, ultra-ultra, ultraist, utmost,
uttermost, way out, yippie