as in revolutionaries
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
radicals staged large, violent protests in the hopes of toppling the government
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Recent Examples of radicals
Where are the voices of all the mainstream Democrats in response to the takeover by the radicals in the Democratic Party today?
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
The one in which his tiny team of negotiators surrendered to the radicals ruling that luckless nation.
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Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia.
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Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Increasingly, however, that tent seems to have room for radicals and ideological extremists while pushing out Democrats who think independently.
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Doug Friednash,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
More than ever, the uneasy mix of liberals and radicals needs to return to that approach.
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Michael Kazin,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2026
In the North, the Republicans were split between moderates and radicals, while the Democrats were split between loyal Unionists and conservatives who preferred peace to a bloody war that pivoted on abolition.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
The data shows that the veterans are actually the radicals.
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Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Schlöndorff sympathized with the anger driving the student movements of the time and pushed back against those condemning the radicals, including German left-wing terrorist group the Red Army Faction, who were using violence to achieve political ends.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2026
The one in which his tiny team of negotiators surrendered to the radicals ruling that luckless nation.
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Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
The actor got his start on Family Ties, an '80s sitcom about the Keaton family, whose matriarch and patriarch were once 1960s radicals now attempting to raise their Reagan-era children in suburbia.
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Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Increasingly, however, that tent seems to have room for radicals and ideological extremists while pushing out Democrats who think independently.
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Doug Friednash,
Denver Post,
3 June 2026
More than ever, the uneasy mix of liberals and radicals needs to return to that approach.
—
Michael Kazin,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2026
In the North, the Republicans were split between moderates and radicals, while the Democrats were split between loyal Unionists and conservatives who preferred peace to a bloody war that pivoted on abolition.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
The data shows that the veterans are actually the radicals.
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Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Schlöndorff sympathized with the anger driving the student movements of the time and pushed back against those condemning the radicals, including German left-wing terrorist group the Red Army Faction, who were using violence to achieve political ends.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicals
Noun
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Some imagery on the shirt, depicting Haitian revolutionaries from the early 1800s, was declared political and therefore not allowed, having fallen foul of FIFA’s often quite stringent rules around kits at World Cups.
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Both then and now, targeting revolutionaries like Dessalines has supported that goal.
Noun
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Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.
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Many of these decisions were made so Netanyahu could retain the support of the far-right extremists keeping him in power and avoid a possible jail sentence on corruption charges.
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“Radicals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicals. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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