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Recent Examples of radicalism
The credits cite as inspiration Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland, a tale concerned with the entropy of 1960s radicalism.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
And after Vance this week criticized The Nation for publishing a critical column about Kirk, which partially misquoted him, its publisher Bhaskar Sunkara underscored that the magazine did not take money from the two foundations that the vice president has accused of funding radicalism.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Fear is the only thing keeping campus radicalism afloat.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
But the country has no culture of radicalism to match the chaos of those neighbors.
—Andrew Solomon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2019
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
And after Vance this week criticized The Nation for publishing a critical column about Kirk, which partially misquoted him, its publisher Bhaskar Sunkara underscored that the magazine did not take money from the two foundations that the vice president has accused of funding radicalism.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Fear is the only thing keeping campus radicalism afloat.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
But the country has no culture of radicalism to match the chaos of those neighbors.
—Andrew Solomon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 July 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicalism
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Maduro is an example to New Yorkers and anyone else watching what socialism can do to a country.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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Venezuela is an economic basket case, thanks to 25 years of the socialism embraced by so many Democrats.—
Merrill Matthews,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Orange County has a painful legacy of political extremism, including neo-Nazism.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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In 2015, an inquiry by the British government determined that the Islamist group is contrary to British values and that membership in the group could be a sign of extremism.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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This is not a failing of the principles of liberalism, however, but a failure of those entrusted to act in its name.—
Philip Mullins,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Reminiscent of the violence against labor unions, liberalism, and Black soldiers that followed World War I, Robinson testified against Robeson in a climate that was now being called the second Red Scare.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Such irrationality proofs have been rare — and at times, according to longtime Quanta contributor Erica Klarreich, dramatic.—
Jordana Cepelewicz,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Dec. 2025
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When prompt instructions encouraged models to maximize rewards or hit specific financial goals, irrationality increased.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicalism. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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