radicalism
noun
rad·i·cal·ism
ˈra-di-kə-ˌli-zəm 
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The credits cite as inspiration Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland, a tale concerned with the entropy of 1960s radicalism.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Both One Battle After Another and Vineland concern the ebb and flow of radicalism in America, bursts of activity followed by years of dangerous and disillusioning fallout.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
The film’s revolutionaries, who call themselves the French 75, come clothed in the take-no-prisoners rhetoric and fist-in-the-air attitude that’s been the signifier of righteous radicalism since the late ’60s.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
And after Vance this week criticized The Nation for publishing a critical column about Kirk, which partially misquoted him, its publisher Bhaskar Sunkara underscored that the magazine did not take money from the two foundations that the vice president has accused of funding radicalism.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
Both One Battle After Another and Vineland concern the ebb and flow of radicalism in America, bursts of activity followed by years of dangerous and disillusioning fallout.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
The film’s revolutionaries, who call themselves the French 75, come clothed in the take-no-prisoners rhetoric and fist-in-the-air attitude that’s been the signifier of righteous radicalism since the late ’60s.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2025
And after Vance this week criticized The Nation for publishing a critical column about Kirk, which partially misquoted him, its publisher Bhaskar Sunkara underscored that the magazine did not take money from the two foundations that the vice president has accused of funding radicalism.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radicalism. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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radicalism
noun
rad·i·cal·ism
ˈrad-i-kə-ˌliz-əm
: the quality or state of being radical
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