political orientation vs extremism

extremism vs political orientation

political orientation and extremism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
political orientation	Yes	No	No	No
extremism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, extremism is a hyponym of political orientation; that is, extremism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than political orientation:

political orientation: an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation
extremism: any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

Other hyponyms of political orientation include absolutism, totalism, totalitarianism, anarchism, autocracy, centrism, moderatism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, conservativism, fundamentalism, segregationism, constitutionalism, democracy, social democracy, domino theory, elitism, fascism, federalism, imperialism, leftism, liberalism, meritocracy, libertarianism, monarchism, Negritude, Orleanism, progressivism, radicalism, reactionism, republicanism, rightism, socialism, theocracy, Utopianism, dovishness, hawkishness, unitarism, anti-democracy, neo-Marxism, Pan-Germanism, social liberalism, pan-Europeanism.

political orientation (noun)	extremism (noun)
an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation	any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

Difference between political orientation and extremism

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