[responsivevoice]Radical[/responsivevoice] [rad-i-kuhl]
Radical is an adjective, i.e., it modifies the noun.
Radical means :
1. A massive change that largely affects the fundamentals.
2. Revolutionary change.
1. The new dean brought about a radical change in the working style of the college.
2. Sheila is a radical activist fighting for the women of this society.
The plural form of the word radical is radicals
Some of the synonyms for the word radical are:
extremist, revolutionary, fanatical, militant, rabid, insurgent, iconoclastic, advanced, forward, insurrectionary, progressive, revisionist, abolitionist, leftist, communistic, left-wing, uncompromising, intransigent, recalcitrant, mutinous, rebellious, recusant, subversive, seditious, riotous etc.
Some of the antonyms for the word radical are:
conservative, traditional, moderate etc.
Quotation:
Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.
Hannah Arendt
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