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Definition of "ultra" []

  • Immoderately adhering to a belief, fashion, or course of action; extreme. (adjective)
  • An extremist. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ultra" in a sentence
  • "The philosophy of history should teach us to be modest, and to keep as our motto _plus ultra versus ne plus ultra_."
  • "The real beauty of that, is every time he uses the term ultra-Darwinists he erodes ultra Creationist support since in place of the word *g*o*d* he uses a term synonymous with atheist allowing the definition of NOT_DevineCreator to be the meme in his message .…its almost as if he is ashamed to mention the “g” word what kind of religion is that.…atheism?"
  • "I like the way Witt uses the term ultra-Darwinists for debunkers of neoCreationist pseudoscience making his argument and Creationism in general even more irrational .…by design."