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Recent Examples of radicalism
LaBruce is a radical who critiques radicalism and does so radically — offending the roots of social and cultural progress so that the liberal mania for revolution can no longer be taken for granted.
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Armond White, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
Education would promote radicalism in all its classic forms.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Account hopes to combat misogynistic online content Creators like Andrew Tate provide a pipeline for men seeking advice about romantic rejection, physical self-esteem and economic insecurity to fall into radicalism and misogyny.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
In fact, the opposite had been the case — Pope Benedict’s relaxation of restrictions had decreased the radicalism and alienation of tradition-minded Catholics.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for radicalism
Armond White, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
Education would promote radicalism in all its classic forms.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Account hopes to combat misogynistic online content Creators like Andrew Tate provide a pipeline for men seeking advice about romantic rejection, physical self-esteem and economic insecurity to fall into radicalism and misogyny.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
In fact, the opposite had been the case — Pope Benedict’s relaxation of restrictions had decreased the radicalism and alienation of tradition-minded Catholics.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicalism
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The precocious Sun says he was captivated by the American tycoon’s lessons in cutthroat competition, showmanship and, of course, ego—anathema in a society steeped in the principles of Confucianism and Chinese socialism.—
Chris Dobstaff,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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He was kind of inspired by a lot of the best of communism, the best of socialism, the idealism, the hope.—
Robert Sullivan,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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But at that time, Boelter appeared to show no signs of the violent extremism of which he's now accused, Kalech said.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
18 June 2025
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As of Wednesday, Grok was still reporting that extremism on the right results in more deaths.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2025
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After World War II, the United States promised to reestablish the global order on the foundations of liberalism.—
Erik Baker,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Trump and conservatives, overall, are obsessed with tarring California — to them, the apotheosis of liberalism — as a violent, lawless, anti-American hellscape.—
Max Taves,
Mercury News,
11 June 2025
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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicalism. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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