radicalism

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Recent Examples of radicalism Zinn was a professor at Spelman College in the early and mid 1960s but was eventually fired after clashes with the school's administration over his own radicalism. Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025 Royalist émigrés began to trickle back into the country in 1795, and a number of Jacobins who renounced their earlier radicalism were also reintegrated into civil society. Time, 21 Oct. 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 See All Example Sentences for radicalism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicalism
Noun
  • Antisemitism is the socialism of fools, right?
    Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Shohat asked him several times if Rivera was an ardent opponent of communism in Cuba and socialism in Venezuela.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • For many Jewish Americans, the antisemitic incidents have confirmed longstanding fears about the rise of antisemitism, as well as the need to vigorously counter extremism and live their faith undaunted by threats.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Mar. 2026
  • For many Jewish Americans, the antisemitic incidents have confirmed longstanding fears about the rise of antisemitism, as well as the need to vigorously counter extremism and live their faith undaunted by threats.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Emanuel, 66, has talked his way into 2028 presidential speculation by challenging his party’s college-town liberalism and pitching paid-for ideas.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • According to the profile, his tolerance for right-wing antisemitism is rooted in a catastrophist worldview that frames American liberalism as an existential threat and Trumpism, with all its flaws, as the only viable alternative.
    Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But this often requires accepting the fundamental irrationality of the wrapping-up process.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The irrationality of politicians suddenly makes sense.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026

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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicalism. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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