radicalism

noun

rad·​i·​cal·​ism ˈra-di-kə-ˌli-zəm 

1

: the quality or state of being radical

2

: the doctrines or principles of radicals

Examples of radicalism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lowery relays the 2012 massacre at a Sikh temple, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in which Wade Michael Page, a forty-year-old skinhead who was active in the neo-Nazi music scene, fatally shot six people and wounded four others, in part, through the eyes of a pair of radicalism researchers. —Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023

Far-right radicalism is the nation’s top domestic threat, according to the FBI, particularly in the category known as RMVE, racially motivated violent extremism, the agency’s catchall term for white supremacist and neo-Nazi militants. —Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023

Some of this is standard Republican radicalism, to be sure. —Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 June 2023

Part of the original radicalism of Barbie was that girls could use her to act out fantasies of being something other than mothers. —Alexandra Lange, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023

Liza Featherstone struck a similar note in her plea last year to resurrect the radicalism of the original Earth Day. —Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023

Small acts of political radicalism delivered online. —WIRED, 25 July 2023

While Keller’s radicalism is fascinating, the author occasionally overstates its impact. —Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023

Essays certainly address Southern radicalism, but the name Huey Long never appears, and the significance of Southern socialists and union organizers is, at times, undercounted. —Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 26 June 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing radicalism

• anti-radicalism

• anti-radicalism

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radicalism

noun

rad·​i·​cal·​ism ˈrad-i-kə-ˌliz-əm 

: the quality or state of being radical