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5 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ultra- \Ul"tra-\, adjective 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ultra \Ul"tra\, adjective [See {Ultra-}.] Going beyond others, or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as, an ultra reformer; ultra measures.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ultra \Ul"tra\, noun One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical. --Brougham.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ultra
adjective: (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative" [syn: {extremist}, {radical}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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