RADICALNESS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

radicalness

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Definition of radicalness

as in extremism

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Islamic extremism remains the biggest threat but over the past five years, threats from far-right groups and hostile states have significantly grown, said Laurence Taylor, head of counterterrorism police.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
Some insiders have pushed for toning down anti-Western extremism and for cultivating relations with Western countries.

— Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Definition of extremism

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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
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.

— Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

Definition of unreasonableness

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Despite the seriocomic set-up, as Vibeke gets more unstable, Mengel refuses to play her irrationality for laughs, instead taking the more difficult route of earnestness.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026
Moreover, experts should introduce deliberate irrationality to disrupt the model’s predictive path.

— Syed Ahmad, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

Definition of irrationality

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