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radicals

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for radicals.

Editorial note

The reason America doesn't is because giving the fifth degree to [muslims/political radicals/other ethnic groups] is illegal and unpopular.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A person with radical opinions.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of radicals gathered in one view.

noun

A person with radical opinions.

noun

(arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).

noun

(linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for radicals.

noun

A person with radical opinions.

noun

(arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).

noun

(linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.

noun

(chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.

Example sentences

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The reason America doesn't is because giving the fifth degree to [muslims/political radicals/other ethnic groups] is illegal and unpopular.

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The reason radicals like Tsipras came into power is the lack of flexibility from EU leaders.

3

The Abel-Ruffini theorem only applies if you are trying to solve them in terms of radicals.

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Greece just voted in radicals hell bent of changing things, and now it looks like they're headed for financial doom.

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Fats are one major source of radicals, because once you get one radical, generating the next radical is an auto-catalytic event.

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The general idea is that if you prevent fatty acid radicals from arising in the first place, you radically improve cellular health.

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Once you study a little you can break everything up into radicals pretty easy.

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He painted the Chicago Boys, who went back to Latin America and gave political cover to anti-communist dictators using death squads, as radicals..

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It is too simplistic to link all the changes to money or radicals.

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(People are still getting convinced of racism?) It definitely becomes a balancing act, then, of whether the flow is more towards normalizing radicals or radicalizing normals.

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Saddam (a Sunni himself) kept the Sunni radicals in check for decades.

12

Can't have those free-thinkers, radicals, and artists being heard by the masses?

Quote examples

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Ditto "hate filled radicals", and there are observably many Jews in Israel, it was established for that exact purpose.

2

The latter works because there is a small set of shapes (“radicals”) that are combined to produce new characters.

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So for example to the extent that the welfare state has existed for almost a century, I'd argue that "fiscal conservatives" who oppose it are not conservatives but rather radicals.

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This is rule 12 from Alinsky's Rules for Radicals: "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." - Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy.

Proper noun examples

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Radicals from any group are more dangerous than moderates from a single distasteful group, and they all use exactly the same tactics to win.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use radicals in a sentence?

The reason America doesn't is because giving the fifth degree to [muslims/political radicals/other ethnic groups] is illegal and unpopular.

What does radicals mean?

A person with radical opinions.

What part of speech is radicals?

radicals is commonly used as noun.