radical

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  1. adjective Arising from or going to a root or source; basic: proposed a radical solution to the problem.
  2. adjective Departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme: radical opinions on education.
  3. adjective Favoring or effecting fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions: radical political views.
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  • We were thirties-radical, after all, so what if it was the forties now? —  BETTER TO HAVE LOVED
  • To them a radical was a foe of mankind, to be hunted down like a wolf, when a chance was offered to destroy him. —  Caesar: A Sketch
  • What a joy it was to see the country follow the lead of the bold spirits in the Parliamentary Conservative Party elect a radical - right wing radical, a right wing radical woman, as its Leader. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • English graduate student Billy Clem earned his certificate in women's studies and now identifies as a radical feminist. —  Northern Star
  • The Conservatives are to outline what they are describing as a radical range of measures to turn the UK into a "low-carbon economy". —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
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  1. Middle English, of a root, from Late Latin rādīcālis, having roots, from Latin rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French radical = Provencal Spanish Portuguese radical = Italian radicale = Dutch radikaal = G. Swedish Danish radikal, from Late Latin radicalis, of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical, from Latin radix (radic-), root: see radix.
 

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