radicalness

noun

Definition of radicalnessnext
as in extremism

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  1. extremism
  2. unreasonableness
  3. irrationality
Noun
  • The movie is about Facebook’s role and the rise of divisiveness, extremism, and hyper-partisanship in the country.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Barber argued that unfettered capitalism and the backlash to it, which was increasingly expressed through forms of fundamentalist extremism, although in contest with each other, were both a danger to democracies.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of extremism
Noun
  • If the assassination made the President a Christlike figure, his forbearance in the face of a wife’s unreasonableness provides him with an extra measure of purity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Definition of unreasonableness
Noun
  • In other words, emotion, empathy and irrationality could be seen as some of the most powerful counterweights to AI.
    — Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
  • This is where the irrationality of antisemitic conspiracy gains no purchase among a reasoning and pragmatic populace; where government is led by people who grasp, and embrace, the seriousness of their responsibilities.
    — Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of irrationality
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