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What (who) is RADICALS - definition
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Radicalist; Radicals; Radicalism; Radical (mathematics); The Radicals; Radical (disambiguation); Radically; Raddest; The Radicals (disambiguation); Radical (album); Radicalism (disambiguation); Radicality
Radicals
A portion of a molecule, possessing a free bond and hence free to
combine directly. A radical never can exist alone, but is only
hypothetical. An atom is a simple radical, an unsaturated group of atoms
is a compound radical.
radical
I. a.
1.
Original, fundamental, organic, constitutional, native, natural, innate, essential, ingrained, deep-seated.
2.
Primitive, underived, uncompounded, simple, original.
3.
Thorough, entire, complete, perfect, total, extreme, thorough-going, fundamental.
II. n.
1.
Radical reformer.
2.
Primitive letter.
3.
Root, radix, etymon, primitive word.
4.
(Chem.) Base.
radical
(radicals)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Radical changes and differences are very important and great in degree.
The country needs a period of calm without more surges of radical change...
The Football League has announced its proposals for a radical reform of the way football is run in England.
= fundamental
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• radically
...two large groups of people with radically different beliefs and cultures.
= fundamentally
ADV
2.
Radical people believe that there should be great changes in society and try to bring about these changes.
...threats by left-wing radical groups to disrupt the proceedings.
? conservative
ADJ: usu ADJ n
•
A radical is someone who has radical views.
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Examples of use of RADICALS
1. Political radicals became religious radicals and vice versa.
2. Wilberforce and Shaftesbury were gradualists, not radicals.
3. The more President Musharraf seeks to mollify Islamic radicals and sideline secular parties, the more influence religious radicals gain," it said in a study report on Pakistan.
4. "I‘m trying to avoid the radicals on both sides."
5. They are not "radicals" but fascists by any acceptable definition.