fringe
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6.8
- noun
- /frɪndʒ/
- History teaches that the most revolutionary and disruptive innovation nearly always comes from the fringe, not from corporate cubicles.
- fringe groups
- the fringe of society
- political fringe
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Watch on YouTubeImagine the guys who are really on the fringe what they're going through.
- Imagine the guys who are really on the fringe what they're going through.
- People embrace the fringe, the politics of division and despair.
- They've often sort of lost their jobs, living on the fringes, maybe in really dire straits.
- I don't see them coming up to expel the fringes, the fringe voices in on their side.
- The crazy fringes are maybe saying, is that the best idea?
Examples
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There's no way that a small fringe movement can take over the country.
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Both boys hung around the fringe of the student social scene at Columbine High School.
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So this was not a fringe group teaching this class.
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And for a long time that was a really fringe position.
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This is not fringe stuff anymore, right?
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Any of your friends affiliated with any fringe organizations?
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Because female student veterans can sometimes exist on the fringes of the general student body.
Academic text (2015) -
Escape and solitude will solve nothing for those who live on the fringes of society.
Academic text (1998) -
Finally, dozens of "Latino Fringe" districts are on the vanguard of this demographic shift.
Academic text (2008) -
The conference was organized by a fringe group advocating for radical environmental changes.
Synonyms
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6.8
Having very strong right-wing political views that oppose social change
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6.3
A group in politics with very extreme left-wing views
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8.8
People with very extreme political or social views who are outside the main group
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.5
An extra thing an employer gives you besides pay, like health insurance or a car
- Offensive
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8.8
People with very extreme political or social views who are outside the main group
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9.2
A small religious group with unusual beliefs and practices outside larger churches
- Specialized
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9.5
Bands of light and dark that appear when light waves meet and mix
- Specialized
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8.9
A small desert lizard with long pointed scales on its toes that help it run on sand
- US
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that has many white flowers
- US
A plant that lives many years in low leaf clumps with pale pink or cream fringed flowers in clusters
How Mainstream
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fringe comes from an old French word frange meaning 'border' or 'edge'. That's why a fringe group is a set of people at the 'edge' of a society or movement, outside the main group.