We can take steps to make fossil fuel industries less dangerous while we transition to cleaner energy. The toll of fossil fuels on human health and the environment is well documented. But our dependence on fossil fuels exacts a very high price on the people who extract or process these fuels.
extremism /ÉªkËstriËËmÉªzÉm/ noun. extremism. /ÉªkËstriËËmÉªzÉm/. noun. Learner's definition of EXTREMISM. [noncount] : belief in and support for ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable. political extremism.
The definition, however, is not based on any clear theoretical or practical link to violence. Clearly, ânonviolent extremistsâ donât have to be in favour of violence. The latest counter-extremism strategy, from 2015, states that extremist ideology is the core problem, with terrorism merely a symptom.