摘要：Abstract Extremism is one of the most serious challenges of modern civilization. The paper highlights the results of the study analyzing perception of the youth about extremism. The survey enabled relevance of the youth perceptions about extremism to be identified, the core and the periphery of them to be described. In addition, conceptual generalized categories for synthesizing structural elements of perceptions are singled out. The image of an extremist in the youth consciousness is featured.
