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  • noun Opposition to extremism.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ extremism

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Examples

  • He hosted a documentary on the struggle between Muslim moderates and Islamists, initially produced to air on PBS, but after the network refused to broadcast, it was aired on other media and online.28 Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi is the president of a think tank dedicated to antiextremism in Islam.

    The Coming Revolution Walid Phares 2010

  • Salman Ali, 24, a law student and one of the SIC's two youth officers, was at Data Darbar on that fateful night in July, and since then has taken his antiextremism message to colleges, high schools and universities across the country.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • But if a court eventually rules against it, the film will be added to a government list of materials banned under Russia's 2002 antiextremism law.

    Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty 2010

  • Russia's deeply-flawed antiextremism legislation has been used to silence government critics, rather than to thoroughly investigate and prosecute the cases of increasingly brutal violent hate crimes.

    Human Rights First - Media Alerts 2009

  • Russia's deeply-flawed antiextremism legislation has been used to silence government critics, rather than to thoroughly investigate and prosecute the cases of increasingly brutal violent hate crimes.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Paul LeGendre 2009

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