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Radical   /rˈædəkəl/  /rˈædɪkəl/   Listen
Radical

adjective
1.
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm.  Synonyms: extremist, ultra.  "Radical opinions on education" , "An ultra conservative"
2.
Markedly new or introducing radical change.  Synonym: revolutionary.  "Radical political views"
3.
Arising from or going to the root or source.
4.
Of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root.
5.
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.  Synonym: basal.  "Radical leaves"
noun
1.
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule.  Synonyms: chemical group, group.
2.
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.  Synonym: free radical.
3.
A person who has radical ideas or opinions.
4.
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity.
5.
A character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram.
6.
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed.  Synonyms: base, root, root word, stem, theme.



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"Radical" Quotes from Famous Books



... and Cornelia Pallanton had married on a new, radical basis. They had first met in the house of an intellectual woman, the wife of a university professor, where clever young persons were drawn in and taught to read Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Ibsen and George Moore, and to engage gracefully in perilous topics. They had been rather conscious ...
— Together • Robert Herrick (1868-1938)

... had recently established. It at once obtained a large circulation, inasmuch as every publican became a subscriber. It exists to the present day, and is known by the slang sobriquet of the 'Tub,' an appellation suggested by its clientele. Its opinions are radical, and it is conducted not without a fair share of ability, but, occasionally venturing out of its depth, it has more than once been most successfully and amusingly hoaxed. One of these cases was when a correspondent ...
— Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy. • Various

... I found that a strike prevailed on the Lakes. I was held in doubt whether I ought to sail, for I would have to do so as strike-breaker, which was against my radical code ... but, then, I had come over-land all the way from Laurel, to voyage the Great Lakes for the poetry to be found there ... and I must put my muse ...
— Tramping on Life - An Autobiographical Narrative • Harry Kemp

... attained—a "special" for London. His "descriptive articles" were more political than mine, and he was obliged to be violently Tory. His creed, however, was such a pure piece of professionalism, that though I was Radical, and was expected to be so, we never jarred, and often, as we wandered homewards, we exchanged notes, and were mutually useful, his observations appearing in my paper, and mine in his, with proper modifications. ...
— Mark Rutherford's Deliverance • Mark Rutherford

... acted with Mr Ben Tillett as the chief leader and organizer of the London dock strike. He entered the House of Commons as member for Battersea in 1892, and was re-elected in 1895, 1900 and 1906. In parliament he became well known as an independent Radical, and he was included in the Liberal cabinet by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in December 1905 as president of the Local Government Board. During the next two years, though much out of favour with his former socialist allies, he earned ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 - "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" • Various


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