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Recent Examples of radicalism
OneTaste, by centering women’s pleasure, possessed a sheen of radicalism at a moment when feminism and misogyny seemed to go hand in hand.
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Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Fear is the only thing keeping campus radicalism afloat.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
Shiite Iran feared the regional ascendance of Sunni radicalism in the form of the puritanical Taliban, an ambitious al-Qaeda, and other militant factions, as well as further instability on its eastern border—Iran was then, and remains now, home to many Afghan refugees.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Leave Burke aside for the moment, save to observe that Sullivan’s approach in invoking him was novel at a time when even like-minded activists preferred radicalism.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 29 June 2025
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Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Fear is the only thing keeping campus radicalism afloat.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
Shiite Iran feared the regional ascendance of Sunni radicalism in the form of the puritanical Taliban, an ambitious al-Qaeda, and other militant factions, as well as further instability on its eastern border—Iran was then, and remains now, home to many Afghan refugees.
—Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Leave Burke aside for the moment, save to observe that Sullivan’s approach in invoking him was novel at a time when even like-minded activists preferred radicalism.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicalism
Noun
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Also not fitting the West’s preconceptions was the fact that most Soviet dissidents didn’t reject socialism.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Oct. 2025
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Weyman wanted to determine whether Sweezy had advocated for Marxism or said that socialism was inevitable in the country.—
Laura Gail Miller,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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Johnston smartly pointed to the 1941 Senate investigations into anti-Nazi movies where Hollywood adequately defended their industry against claims of extremism and warmongering.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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However, kinetic resources alone cannot mitigate migration, curb extremism, or stabilize deadly conflicts.—
Patrick Quirk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sandinista ideology blended Marxism, liberalism, and nationalism, borrowing ideas from both sides of the Iron Curtain.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Oct. 2025
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The book is a policy handbook meant to address the realities of political life following the turmoil of the French Revolution, presenting a Christian alternative to both the authoritarian secular liberalism and counterrevolutionary movements of the day.—
Indianapolis Star,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
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This irrationality, which is especially difficult to model, often boils down to computational constraints.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicalism. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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