radical
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- noun
- /ˈrædɪkəl/
- The political radicals sought drastic changes to the government's policies.
- radicals and moderates
- political radicals
- radicals and conservatives
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- I was confronted by the leader of the campus radicals on the quad.
- You know, they just don't give any gap for these radicals to to plant a seed.
- But political commentary, journalistic writing, outspoken Kurds, radicals, they're always in trouble.
- It's, you know, I was a radical you saw in my film.
- And do you feel like this would have would it have radicals of political ramifications?
Examples
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Aron was a Zionist, a bit of a radical in those days.
Fiction book (2002) -
Finally, there are market radicals who are calling for straightforward privatization of property and free markets.
Academic text (1991) -
You choose to be friends with this radical.
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Of course, being a businessman and not a crazy radical, he expects to be paid for his services.
Fiction book (1995) -
First of all, we do not like having radicals, OK?
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Started out as a student radical at Berkeley in the '60s.
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This gang of radicals, he concluded, would only lead Greece to ruin.
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Moreover, one can also differentiate in the Soviet case between the radicals and the conservatives.
Academic text (1992) -
For Lenin, as well as for many other radicals in Europe, the revolution was just an abstraction.
Academic text (2008) -
The relatively moderate group of Republicans that remained fractured in 1870, leaving radicals on the outside of the governing coalition.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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6.9
A person with very strong political or religious views who supports radical action
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5.8
A person who supports or takes part in political change to remove a government
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9.1
A person who supports extreme left politics
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9.0
A person who was part of the Russian revolutionary group that took power in 1917
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7.0
A person who takes strong action to change a government or society
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9.9
A person with strong rebellious opinions who challenges authority
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8.6
A person who wants big changes in society or public institutions
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9.9
A person who supports extreme left-wing political change
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.1
A small unstable atom or molecule that can damage body cells by reacting with them
- Specialized
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6.1
Surgery that removes a breast, chest muscles, and lymph nodes under the armpit to treat breast cancer
- Specialized
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7.2
Surgery that removes the womb, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix, and nearby lymph nodes to treat cancer
- Specialized
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8.0
A small chemical part made of one oxygen and one hydrogen atom that reacts quickly
- Specialized
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6.8
A surgery that removes a breast with nearby chest muscle and some armpit lymph nodes
- Specialized
A small chemical group formed when toluene loses one hydrogen atom from its methyl part
- Specialized
A small chemical group made of one carbon and one nitrogen atom written as -CN
- Specialized
A small chemical group made of one carbon and one nitrogen atom that attaches to other molecules, written as −CN
- Specialized
A small group of atoms from acetic acid that can attach to other molecules
- Specialized
A carbon atom double-bonded to oxygen and single-bonded to hydrogen
- Specialized
A group of carbon and hydrogen atoms that attaches to a molecule with one free bond
- Specialized
A small, reactive part of a molecule with three carbon atoms and one unpaired electron
- Specialized
A chemical group with two nitrogen atoms that links two carbon chains and gives bright colours to dyes
- Specialized
A small chemical group made of three nitrogen atoms that carries a negative charge
- Specialized
A part of a molecule used in chemistry, formed from the acid in vinegar, written CH3CO
- Specialized
A small reactive group of two carbon and five hydrogen atoms that forms when ethane loses one hydrogen atom
- Specialized
A very reactive group of one carbon and two hydrogen atoms that exists briefly in chemical reactions
- Specialized
A very active group of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms with formula CH3, formed when methane loses one hydrogen
- Specialized
A small chemical group made of two nitrogen atoms and hydrogen that can attach to a molecule at two places
- Specialized
A small reactive part of a molecule made from propane when it loses one hydrogen
- Specialized
A charged particle made of uranium and oxygen that forms salts with acids
- Specialized
A small chemical group with formula CH2=CH− that reacts easily in making plastics
How Radical
- Literature
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6.3
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3.5
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Radical comes from the Latin radix, meaning 'root'. A political or social radical is someone who wants change at the 'root' of a system, so they push for deep or complete reform.