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radicale — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

radicale is used for these senses in English:

  • radical (historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.

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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