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Definition of Lunatic fringe
1. Noun. A political unit with extreme and fanatical views.
Definition of Lunatic fringe
1. Noun. The members of a political or social group espousing extreme, fanatical, or irrational views. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunatic Fringe
Literary usage of Lunatic fringe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"Theodore Roosevelt spoke of the "lunatic fringe" born of every reform movement
... or herself free from suspicion of connection with the "lunatic fringe. ..."
2. New Viewpoints in American History by Arthur Meier Schlesinger (1922)
"a lunatic fringe." It is indeed a "lunatic fringe," in the sense that these
trumpeters of reform act irrationally according to the standards of the majority ..."
3. The Works of Theodore Roosevelt by Theodore Roosevelt (1913)
"In this recent art exhibition the lunatic fringe was fully in evidence, especially
in the rooms devoted to the Cubists and the Futurists, ..."
4. History as Literature by Theodore Roosevelt (1913)
"In this recent art exhibition the lunatic fringe was fully in evidence, especially
in the rooms devoted to the Cubists and the Futurists, ..."
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