Definition of Lunatic fringe

1. Noun. A political unit with extreme and fanatical views.

Generic synonyms: Political Entity, Political Unit

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

lunate
lunate bone
lunate cerebral sulcus
lunate dislocation
lunate fissure
lunate sigma
lunate sigmas
lunate sulcus
lunate surface of acetabulum
lunated
lunately
lunates
lunatic
lunatic asylum
lunatic asylums
lunatic fringe (current term)
lunatics
lunation
lunations
lunatomalacia
lunch
lunch-time
lunch-times
lunch box
lunch bucket
lunch buckets
lunch kettle
lunch lady
lunch meat
lunch meats

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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