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Recent Examples of radicalism
But that distinction would have made little sense to seventeenth-century women, whose religious radicalism led them to make vehement political critiques of their own society.
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Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
The challenge of Islamic terrorism in America is that, just like the homegrown terrorism of white supremacists, the radicalism is often diffuse.
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Juliette Kayyem,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
Warnings about the radicalism of Jay Jones and Spanberger never stuck.
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Ray Nothstine,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
Fortunately, Kaplan quickly dispenses with this generic figure of resistance and dives into what made Decca’s radicalism so singular.
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Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
The challenge of Islamic terrorism in America is that, just like the homegrown terrorism of white supremacists, the radicalism is often diffuse.
—
Juliette Kayyem,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
Warnings about the radicalism of Jay Jones and Spanberger never stuck.
—
Ray Nothstine,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
Fortunately, Kaplan quickly dispenses with this generic figure of resistance and dives into what made Decca’s radicalism so singular.
—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicalism
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From escalating conflicts across the globe to renewed debates over socialism, government power and individual liberty, this special edition examines the defining issues shaping America’s future.
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Only 42% of Democrats viewed capitalism favorably, while 66% had a positive view of socialism.
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Jacob deGrom infamously was reportedly happy to leave New York for Texas, in part because of New York's political extremism and COVID-19 restrictions, as just one example.
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Concha argued that her positions and rhetoric reflect a broader shift in the Democratic Party toward socialism and extremism.
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The primary victory on Tuesday by another democratic socialist, Melat Kiros, for a Denver congressional seat suggested the trend may extend beyond Manhattan liberalism.
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Remember, the heroic symbols that Ronald Reagan deployed so effectively were swiped from liberalism’s salad days in the Thirties and Forties.
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Moreover, experts should introduce deliberate irrationality to disrupt the model’s predictive path.
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Viral memes and TikTok trends play up women’s purportedly excessive spike in libido during ovulation and dramatic irrationality during menstruation and the luteal phase (the 14 days or so between ovulation and menstruation).
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If the assassination made the President a Christlike figure, his forbearance in the face of a wife’s unreasonableness provides him with an extra measure of purity.
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If the assassination made the President a Christlike figure, his forbearance in the face of a wife’s unreasonableness provides him with an extra measure of purity.
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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicalism. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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