NEOPHILIAC Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

neophiliac

noun

Definition of neophiliac

as in extremist

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Noun

Muslim students should not be expected to answer for extremists who claim to speak in the name of Islam.

— Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
The groups similarly present themselves as armed community defenders against the government or right-wing extremists, but continue to find members who get in trouble with law enforcement.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of extremist

Noun

The move followed the ousting in a wider government reshuffle last week of tech-savvy reformist Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, which brought out into the open the deep divisions in the Ukrainian defense leadership.

— Reuters, NBC news, 22 July 2026
Pezeshkian, a reformist within Iran’s theocracy, is the highest-ranking official within Iran to reference the release of the funds held by Qatar.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of reformist

Noun

Maher is a liberal who has become increasingly critical of both parties and the progressive left.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Collins has fired back by portraying Ossoff as an out-of-touch liberal who doesn't understand the struggles of working Georgians.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of liberal

Noun

Adding caffeine, which mops up radicals, largely stopped the clumping, pointing to the radicals as the cause.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
Fluorine is then released into the water as fluoride ions, while hydroxyl radicals and hydroxide ions help sever carbon-carbon bonds in the remaining molecular chains.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of radical

Noun

As the head of China’s Nationalist government, Chiang and his party were trying to establish control in a nation divided among revolutionists, nationalists, Indigenous warlords, and a developing communist army and government.

— Susan Tate Ankeny, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2024
Many revolutionists see heavy tank casualties in Ukraine as the key indicator for the tank’s looming obsolescence in the face of newly lethal precision antitank weapons.

— Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2023

Definition of revolutionist

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