radicalness
- noun
- /ˈrædɪkəlnəs/
:
radicalidad
Examples
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People on both sides of the color line fear the power of his radicalness and work to silence him.
Academic text (1995) -
There's a spectrum of radicalness, right?
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Despite their much-vaunted radicalness, saying all we care about is no more rape is actually surprisingly moderate.
Blog text (15) -
Since Kant, the radicalness of philosophy as an activity has consisted precisely in this aim to problematize the present that is the condition of one's own discourse.
Blog text (10) -
Manent brilliantly shows how the strategy of "ostracism" pursued by the Christian Aristotelians of the Renaissance was inadequate to the radicalness of the theological-political problem.
Academic text (1992) -
Imagining "untested models of perception and conduct," it operates as an index of the work's historical status—of its newness and its radicalness.
Academic text (2011) -
His radicalness in advocating for social equality challenged long-standing traditions.
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The radicalness of her ideas about education sparked a nationwide debate on reform.
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The artist's radicalness was evident in her unconventional approach to painting and installation.
Synonyms
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8.1
Belief in making large political or social changes, often by force
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7.5
Doing things in a new or unusual way
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7.0
How far something goes beyond normal limits
A strong desire to make big, complete changes to a system or idea
A way of thinking or acting that causes big change
Antonyms
How Radical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Radicalness comes from the Latin word radix, which means 'root'. So to be radical is to want change at the 'root' of things — big, deep change rather than small, surface fixes.