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ultra |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ultra \Ul"tra\, a. [See {Ultra-}.] Going beyond others or beyond due limit; extreme; fanatical; uncompromising; as an ultra reformer; ultra measures. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ultra \Ul"tra\, n. One who advocates extreme measures; an ultraist; an extremist; a radical. --Brougham. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ultra- \Ul"tra-\, a. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ultra adj : (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm; "extremist political views"; "radical opinions on education"; "an ultra conservative" [syn: {extremist}, {radical}]
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