Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ultra"
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) 1.7 (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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