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antiradical

antiradical

7.4
A person who opposes extreme political change and prefers slow, moderate reform
  • noun
: antirradical
  • The politician was known as an antiradical for advocating gradual reforms instead of drastic changes.

Examples

  • Many voters supported the antiradical candidate who promised to avoid extreme measures in his policies.

  • As an antiradical, she believed that careful steps were necessary for effective political reform.

  • Keywords: Flavonoids; Antiplatelet; Antiradical; Function; Structure. # INTRODUCTION

    Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

reformist
vsantiradical
7 6.1

A person who wants to change political or social systems

prefers gradual moderate change and resists extreme movements
counterrevolutionary
vsantiradical
1 9.1

A person who tries to undo a large change in government

rejects forceful overturning of revolutionary changes and prefers gradual measured change
moderationist
vsantiradical
8.1

A person who has political views in the middle and avoids extremes

opposes extreme movements and supports gradual measured change
counter-revolutionist
vsantiradical
9.2

A person who tries to bring back the old government after a revolution

opposes overturning revolutionary changes and favors gradual measured change

Antonyms

91 6.3

A person who wants major political or social change

How Opposed

reactionary
13 8.6
conservative
778 4.4
antiradical
7.4
moderate
114 4.6
centrist
23 4.2
reformer
69 3.5

Surface Forms

antiradical singular
antiradicals plural

Morphology

antiradical = radical (transparent) = anti + radical

The noun sense is transparently based on the same anti- plus radical structure, with the person reference inferred from context.

Etymology

Antiradical comes from anti- 'against' and radical 'root' or 'extreme change', so an antiradical is a person who opposes radical movements and prefers slow, gradual reform.