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
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Many voters supported the antiradical candidate who promised to avoid extreme measures in his policies.
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As an antiradical, she believed that careful steps were necessary for effective political reform.
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Keywords: Flavonoids; Antiplatelet; Antiradical; Function; Structure. # INTRODUCTION
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
reformist
vsantiradical
6
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
How Opposed
reactionary
8
8.6
8
8.6
conservative
306
4.4
306
4.4
antiradical
7.4
moderate
85
4.6
85
4.6
centrist
24
4.2
24
4.2
reformer
100
3.5
100
3.5
Surface Forms
antiradical singular
antiradicals plural
Morphology
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.