as in revolutionaries
a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government
radicals staged large, violent protests in the hopes of toppling the government
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Recent Examples of radicals
These radicals are specifically based on an organosulfur compound called tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) units.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
The radicals on the left are the problem.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Soon, Joan ends up on the run with young radicals.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
On the one side, bell bottoms became the signature look of 1970s radicals.
—Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025
And then there's the question of whether this bipartisanship extends to the House, where the shorter terms in office have tended to lead to a chamber with a significantly larger population of radicals.
—ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Hasina's ouster has left both political as well as security vacuums, giving more space to religious radicals.
—Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
Obama ended up funding and arming the Syrian opposition so feebly it was slaughtered and – when its extremists joined up with radicals from Iraq’s long-running insurgency against the US occupation – metastasized into ISIS.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
In fact, the group’s radicals are likely to be emboldened.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
The radicals on the left are the problem.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Soon, Joan ends up on the run with young radicals.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
On the one side, bell bottoms became the signature look of 1970s radicals.
—Stephen Mihm, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2025
And then there's the question of whether this bipartisanship extends to the House, where the shorter terms in office have tended to lead to a chamber with a significantly larger population of radicals.
—ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Hasina's ouster has left both political as well as security vacuums, giving more space to religious radicals.
—Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
Obama ended up funding and arming the Syrian opposition so feebly it was slaughtered and – when its extremists joined up with radicals from Iraq’s long-running insurgency against the US occupation – metastasized into ISIS.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
In fact, the group’s radicals are likely to be emboldened.
—Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicals
Noun
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But Anderson also knows that the moral purity of revolutionaries gets boring pretty fast.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Based on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland, the thriller focuses on a group of ex-revolutionaries who reunite to face an enemy resurfacing after 16 years.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lone offenders, according to the document, remain the top threat, but there are also concerns about domestic extremists and foreign terror organizations.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Of 71 terrorist attacks perpetrated in 2022, far-right extremists were responsible for 69%.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Radicals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicals. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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