skrajnych

Skrajnych is the genitive plural and accusative plural form of the Polish adjective skrajny, meaning extreme, outermost, or farthest. As a modifier, it is used with plural nouns to indicate positions, opinions, or conditions that lie at the far edge of a spectrum.

In political discourse, the term commonly appears in phrases describing ideologies or groups far from the political center, such as skrajna prawica (the radical right) or skrajna lewica (the radical left). The word itself does not denote a specific ideology; rather it signals the degree of extremity.

In other contexts the form appears in phrases like skrajnych warunkach (extreme conditions) or skrajnych sytuacjach (extreme situations).

In media and scholarship, skrajność or skrajne poglądy are used to discuss boundaries, risks and effects on democracy. Some scholars differentiate radicalism from extremism, with skrajność more about position while ekstremizm concerns tactics.

The root skraj- derives from skraj meaning edge or border.

See also: ekstremizm, skrajność, poglądy skrajne.