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In the ''Dictionary of Political Thought'', Roger Scruton defines '''extremism''' as:

In the ''Dictionary of Political Thought'', [[Roger Scruton]] defines '''extremism''' as:

# Taking a political idea to its limits, regardless of unfortunate repercussions, impracticalities, arguments, and feelings to the contrary, and with the intention not only to confront, but to eliminate opposition.

# Taking a political idea to its limits, regardless of unfortunate repercussions, impracticalities, arguments, and feelings to the contrary, and with the intention not only to confront, but to eliminate opposition.

# Intolerance toward all views other than one’s own.

# Intolerance toward all views other than one’s own.

# Adoption of means to political ends which show disregard for the life, liberty, and human rights of others.<ref>Roger Scruton, ''Dictionary of Political Thought, p. 164. (1982).</ref>

# Adoption of means to political ends which show disregard for the life, liberty, and human rights of others.<ref>[[Roger Scruton]], ''Dictionary of Political Thought, p. 164. (1982).</ref>

John George and Laird Wilcox, two of the foremost analysts of right and left-wing extremism, state that this definition reflects a common proposition about extremist behavior: it is more an “issue of style than of content.”<ref>John George & Laird Wilcox, [http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/wilcox/5.html ''American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists and Others''], pg. 54, Prometheus Books, 1996 (ISBN 1-57392-058-4). George is a professor of political science at the University of Central Oklahoma. Wilcox is the founder of the [http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/kc/wilcox.shtml Wilcox Collection on Contemporary Political Movements] at the University of Kansas, one of the largest of its kind in the world, which contains hundreds of thousands of documents on all political movements.  He is also editor and publisher of annual guides on extremism. See Laird Wilcox, [http://www.lairdwilcox.com/publish/right.html''Guide to the American Right''] and [http://www.lairdwilcox.com/publish/left.html''Guide to the American Left''] (1997).</ref>  What the extremist believes is less important than what behavior he exhibits. Rather, extremism can cut across the [[political spectrum]].  George and Wilcox look at extremists as persons psychologically prone to extremism, regardless of political affiliation:

John George and Laird Wilcox, two of the foremost analysts of right and left-wing extremism, state that this definition reflects a common proposition about extremist behavior: it is more an “issue of style than of content.”<ref>John George & Laird Wilcox, [http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/exhibits/wilcox/5.html ''American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists and Others''], pg. 54, Prometheus Books, 1996 (ISBN 1-57392-058-4). George is a professor of political science at the University of Central Oklahoma. Wilcox is the founder of the [http://spencer.lib.ku.edu/kc/wilcox.shtml Wilcox Collection on Contemporary Political Movements] at the University of Kansas, one of the largest of its kind in the world, which contains hundreds of thousands of documents on all political movements.  He is also editor and publisher of annual guides on extremism. See Laird Wilcox, [http://www.lairdwilcox.com/publish/right.html''Guide to the American Right''] and [http://www.lairdwilcox.com/publish/left.html''Guide to the American Left''] (1997).</ref>  What the extremist believes is less important than what behavior he exhibits. Rather, extremism can cut across the [[political spectrum]].  George and Wilcox look at extremists as persons psychologically prone to extremism, regardless of political affiliation: