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Recent Examples of radicalism
In fact, the opposite had been the case — Pope Benedict’s relaxation of restrictions had decreased the radicalism and alienation of tradition-minded Catholics.
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The Editors, National Review, 21 Apr. 2025
Yet Henry Fonda for President itself is a work of leftist radicalism.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025
Universities were under fire then, too, criticized simultaneously as hotbeds of radicalism and bastions of elitism.
—Andrew V. Papachristos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Expect a blend of contemporary Italian craftsmanship and radicalism, where unexpected textures and bold silhouettes redefine the boundaries of functional design.
—Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 21 Apr. 2025
Yet Henry Fonda for President itself is a work of leftist radicalism.
—Armond White, National Review, 4 Apr. 2025
Universities were under fire then, too, criticized simultaneously as hotbeds of radicalism and bastions of elitism.
—Andrew V. Papachristos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Expect a blend of contemporary Italian craftsmanship and radicalism, where unexpected textures and bold silhouettes redefine the boundaries of functional design.
—Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicalism
Noun
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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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Instead of a revolution, this new approach contemplated a middle way between capitalism and socialism, one premised on a cooperative relationship between workers and management.—
Time,
Time,
29 May 2025
Noun
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Nothing about what we were asked to do qualifies as any version of wokeness or extremism.—
Shaun Harper,
Time,
4 June 2025
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In the wake of the terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) called for urgent action on gun control and a national reckoning with violent hatred and extremism.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
3 June 2025
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According to this narrative, late-stage liberalism and the globalization of markets, with their characteristic rootlessness, dissolve this communal existence.—
Peter H. Schwartz,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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But while liberalism flails, populism offers few actual solutions to Europe's fiscal woes.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicalism. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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