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radical Adjective

— A radical change, difference, etc. is very big and important; from the roots. The plan will not be easy and requires a radical change in the culture of the city. Many voices are calling for a more radical move away from the current situation. — A radial idea, policy, etc. is one that is new and different; not standard. More radical organisations like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have brought attention to these issues. In a totalitarian society there is no more radical emotion than disbelief. — Of or about a root (e.g., math\sqrt{4}=2/math, the roots of plants, the root of a word, etc.) — cool Dude, that outfit is rad!

radical Noun

— A radical is a person whose views are very different from most people. Leading radicals have called for a two-hour general strike on Monday. These were young radicals, overturning the post war consensus, rolling back the state, liberalising markets, and transforming the political economy. — A quantity expressed as a root of another quantity. (e.g., math\sqrt{4}/math) — An atom or a group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron. — The basic part of a word to which other parts can be added (e.g., urun/uner) — A radical is one part of a Chinese or Japanese written character that can be combined with other parts to form a whole character.

radical

— adjective (= extremist, ultra) (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm extremist political views radical opinions on education an ultra conservative — adjective (= revolutionary) markedly new or introducing radical change a revolutionary discovery radical political views — noun (= group) (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule — noun (= free radical) an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cells — noun a person who has radical ideas or opinions — adjective arising from or going to the root or source a radical flaw in the plan — adjective of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root a radical verb form — adjective (= basal) especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem basal placentation radical leaves — noun (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity — noun a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram — noun (= stem) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed thematic vowels are part of the stem

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extreme root drastic stem revolutionary extremist excessive base theme sharp root word original group fundamental acute ultra thorough severe serious primordial jacobin free radical far-reaching chemical group basal zero root zealous violent very unorthodox underlying stem tuber trunk tremendous terrible sweeping surd sudden stump right revolutionist revisionist recusant rearmost rapid progress radix radicals radical sign rad. rad

Topics radical topics

What do people use radical to talk about?

Social behavior Authority Submit to authority

Rebel against authority

What words refer to a person who rebels?

rebel activist agitator anarchist belligerent conspirator extremist guerrilla insurgent liberationist militant mutineer rabble-rouser radical rebel revolutionary revolutionist terrorist
What words describe a rebel?

rebellious revolutionary defiant mutinous radical

Grammar General words Do

Change something

What words refer to a person who changes something?

revolutionary reformer radical
What words describe a big change?

big major sweeping radical fundamental revolutionary monumental

Work and occupation Occupation Working with minerals

Working with chemicals

What words refer to chemicals?

chemical compound molecule molecular radical valence

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Simple sentences

Mary is a radical vegan.

For the world to be a better place, radical changes must be done.

His ideas are too radical to be acceptable to most people.

Tom is radical.

Mary has always been left-leaning, but since she's got a seat in parliament for the Left Party, she has become a media star with her radical critique of capitalism.

Greece is taking radical measures to prevent a collapse of its financial system.

Is that radical enough for you?

The government watched the activities of radical groups carefully.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

A radical is a person who stands firmly with both feet in the air.

It was a radical change.

Movie subtitles

Yeah, I'm trying this really new radical approach to studying.

Then I'm going to institute some radical changes in your country.

Let me tell you, professor, if you young geniuses at the high school fill our children's heads with radical ideas we parents will have to get a law.

I would therefore like to use this unique opportunity to pay homage as a simple physician to the greatest of all healers who cured us all of national leprosy with radical, yet life-saving therapy.

It is the individual I spoke, Sir Humphrey Birdkin a vulgar radical.

I refuse to listen to such radical talk.

Said I was a radical.

Right. - Rupert's extremely radical.

Couldn't be the radical.

Doing anything but nothing is radical.

I wanna try something radical.

Go get radical, but just get going!

Aye, and we've no need for mongrels and their radical ideas.

Or a radical, perhaps?

The Radical.

If this young man of yours doesn't get rid of those half-baked radical ideas he'll never be able to build up a decent law practice.

The only thing he ever gives me is a lecture on my radical views.

Fine. Go get radical, but just get going!

Maybe it's good and maybe it ain't, but it's radical.

And we've no need for mongrels and their radical ideas.

But he's stubborn, inconsiderate, radical, and proud.

We're likely to make another radical change of course.

Come down from there, you alien radical!

Sir, you are a vile radical.

Burdkin. A rank radical.

Rupert's extremely radical.

It is a radical decision which shall meet with the approval of the entire nation.

Is that what Lawson is? A young radical?

As you can see, as Lord Mayor, I've had to sanction some radical redevelopments.

Yeah. radical, small bourgeois.

I'm a radical myself, but you should never mix politics and business.

We're radical and extremist when young.

News and current affairs

However, being radical does not necessarily mean being irrational, and revolutionary Iran has given frequent proof of its pragmatism.

Chaos, a resurgence of terrorism, the rise of radical Islamism, and massive waves of immigration towards Europe are just a few of the potential threats to the European Union that are now being contemplated.

The radical loser is the kind of young man who feels victimized by an unfeeling, uncaring world.

Radical Islamism offered him a ready-made cause to die for.

But by claiming to be soldiers at war with the world's biggest military power, they gain sympathy, as well as recruits, among the radical losers and the disaffected.

Naturally, many join radical causes.

Rather than undermining radical Islam, the US has legitimized it, in Iraq and beyond.

Many Muslims who have been fighting for years for their countries' modernization have so far failed to find a lucid response to the progressive wave of radical Islam.

True, it once spawned the radical Muslim Brotherhood, but it also gave birth to Islamic socialism and anti-colonialism, Arab unity, and now a democratic affirmation of the people's will.

American radicalism, however, resulted in increasing tensions between religious communities in the Middle East, and the rise of radical Iran with its bid for regional hegemony.

Moreover, Abdullah understands that his wobbly regime will only be able to withstand the radical gales that are now blowing if it can forge the type of stability-seeking alliance that Metternich built.

If the FIS group is lucky, there will also be some radical input from thinkers that do not presently have access to first world infrastructure.

But, while the shutdown of the United States government, initiated by radical congressional Republicans seeking to block implementation of President Barack Obama's health-care legislation, is over - at least for now - three enduring lessons have emerged.

Nor can it be assumed that Iran's divided and radical leadership would always act rationally, or that proliferation would stop with the Islamic Republic.

Radical groups receive immense support from the large share of the population that opposes women's rights.

A more radical measure, which some have advocated, would be direction intervene, with the state providing benefits for families with more girls.

One thing to be said for monarchs is that they provide people with a sense of continuity, which can be useful in times of crisis or radical change.

But the new structure that he has imposed on the Commission implies a radical overhaul of how things are done in Brussels.

Acclaimed as a national hero among radical right-wingers, the iron-fisted Park Chung-hee ruled South Korea from 1963 to 1979, in the wake of the 1961 military coup, only to be assassinated by his intelligence chief.

In America and the West, many will probably regard Rowhani as the friendly face of the Islamic Republic, whereas Ahmadinejad was its true - because more radical - embodiment.

Everyone knows that these changes ought to be radical, even semi-federal.

Radical Islam propagated hatred for Jews long before Zionism, and it will continue to do so after the creation of a Palestinian state.

Moreover, the popular appeal of radical religion, ideology, and misinformation should not be underestimated.

The radical solution was to separate all the assets that were alien to the bank's core business, mainly real estate companies, but also firms in the manufacturing, construction, and service industries.

Furthermore, social environments that are characterized by lower levels of consensus and higher levels of violence may be more likely than their more harmonious counterparts to catalyze radical innovation.

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