radikaalinen — meaning in English

English meaning

• radical adjective Favoring extreme, fundamental change, especially in politics or society.

Senses

radikaalinen is used for these senses in English:

• radical Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
• radical (lexicography, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
• radical (chemistry, not comparable) Involving free radicals.

radical — full definition

1. adjective Favoring extreme, fundamental change, especially in politics or society.
2. adjective Thorough and far-reaching; affecting the most basic or essential part of something.
3. noun A person who holds extreme or fundamentally reforming political views.
4. noun In chemistry, a group of atoms that behaves as a single unit in reactions (often short for "free radical").

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