radicalism
noun
rad·i·cal·ism
ˈra-di-kə-ˌli-zəm 
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He was intrinsically opposed to student radicalism.
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Sophie Tanno, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
Netanyahu’s humiliation of the Palestinians helped radicalism thrive.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
That same year, UNITE HERE Local 11 co-president Ada Briceño took over the Democratic Party of Orange County and brought in the people power organizing and radicalism that local party leaders had long shunned.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Nonetheless, in a divided time, King Hancock is a necessary reminder of restraint as a response to radicalism and of compromise as an antidote to polarization.
—Guy Denton, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
In many quarters, youthful radicalism has given way to unexpected pragmatism, a yearning for prosperity and a steady hand, and an inclination to overlook or at least mute outrage over any number of scandals that have dogged Mr. Mitsotakis.
—Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 24 June 2023
But King, despite the increasing radicalism of his final years, remains a safer option, widely embraced or at least quoted by people of varying political persuasions.
—Chris Vognar, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
The underappreciated Founding Father answered radicalism with restraint, polarization with compromise.
—Guy Denton, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
Her thesis is that Hancock was a political moderate who shaped the American Founding by balancing radicalism with restraint — a notion germane to our own age of extreme polarization.
—Guy Denton, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
Sophie Tanno, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
Netanyahu’s humiliation of the Palestinians helped radicalism thrive.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
That same year, UNITE HERE Local 11 co-president Ada Briceño took over the Democratic Party of Orange County and brought in the people power organizing and radicalism that local party leaders had long shunned.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Nonetheless, in a divided time, King Hancock is a necessary reminder of restraint as a response to radicalism and of compromise as an antidote to polarization.
—Guy Denton, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
In many quarters, youthful radicalism has given way to unexpected pragmatism, a yearning for prosperity and a steady hand, and an inclination to overlook or at least mute outrage over any number of scandals that have dogged Mr. Mitsotakis.
—Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 24 June 2023
But King, despite the increasing radicalism of his final years, remains a safer option, widely embraced or at least quoted by people of varying political persuasions.
—Chris Vognar, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
The underappreciated Founding Father answered radicalism with restraint, polarization with compromise.
—Guy Denton, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
Her thesis is that Hancock was a political moderate who shaped the American Founding by balancing radicalism with restraint — a notion germane to our own age of extreme polarization.
—Guy Denton, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
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radicalism
noun
rad·i·cal·ism
ˈrad-i-kə-ˌliz-əm
: the quality or state of being radical
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