radicaladjective
uk/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/radical adjective (SUPPORTING CHANGE)
C2 believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change:
He was known as a radical reformer/thinker/politician.
These people have very radical views.
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- The feeling among the grassroots of the Party is that the leaders are not radical enough.
- This is a desperate situation which requires a truly radical solution.
- He belonged to the radical fringes of the party.
- She described herself as a radical feminist.
- He holds some radical opinions on the subject.
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- political science
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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radical adjective (VERY IMPORTANT)
C1 relating to the most important parts of something or someone; complete or extreme:
We need to make some radical changes to our operating procedures.
I'm just having my hair trimmed - nothing radical.
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- The past few years have witnessed radical improvements to the system.
- The company is undergoing a radical shake-up.
- The new management will make radical changes.
- I'm just having my hair trimmed - nothing radical.
- In her essay, she characterizes the whole era as a period of radical change.
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Very important or urgent
- all-important
- arch
- at all cost(s) idiom
- be a matter of life and/or death idiom
- burning
- chief
- considerable
- critical
- major league
- make the world go around/round idiom
- materially
- minor league
- mission-critical
- prized
- sacred
- salient
- serious
- seriously
- substantial
- substantially
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radical adjective (SURGERY)
specialized medical aimed at removing all diseased tissue:
Cervical cancer may be cured with radical surgery when it is confined to the pelvis or regional lymph nodes.
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Medical treatment: general words
- first aid
- first-aider
- general practice
- gynaecological
- irradiation
- med
- medical
- medicine
- modality
- muti
- non-surgical
- orthodox medicine
- orthopaedic
- quackery
- reconstructive
- restorative
- soothing
- surgical
- surgically
- telemedicine
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radically
adverb uk/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl.i/us/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl.i/
C1
Barker introduced some radically new ideas.
radicalnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/C2 a person who supports great social and political change:
She was a radical all her life.
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Activism & pressure groups
- activism
- activist
- agitation
- agitator
- agitprop
- CND
- gay activist
- gherao
- groundswell
- guerrilla
- hunger strike
- lobby
- protest
- protester
- rasta roko
- rebel
- rebellion
- reformer
- revolutionary
- stir
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radicalism
noun [ U ] uk/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl.ɪ.zəm/us/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl.ɪ.zəm/