radical

[ˈrædɪkl]

Definition:
1. Concerning the most basic and important parts of something; thorough and complete.
2. New, different and likely to have a great effect.

Use 'radical' in a sentence:

1. I'm sure you will be surprised that anyone ever found it radical.
2. The country needs a period of calm without more surges of radical change.
3. This decision signified a radical change in their policies.
4. Radical feminism is currently the fashionable topic among the chattering classes.
5. He was regularly pilloried by the press for his radical ideas.
6. The Football League has announced its proposals for a radical reform of the way football is run in England.
7. The Russian Parliament has approved a program of radical economic reforms.
8. The government embarked on a programme of radical economic reform.
9. She tries to force people to accept her radical ideas.
10. By then governments may have woken up to a yet more radical option.
11. The opposition has even been presented in quasi-political terms—of radical liberalism vs elitist conservatism.
12. Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable.
13. The first is the radical theology, and the second is this poem's equally radical and equally daring original verse form.
14. There will be a radical swing to the right or the left.
15. Five years ago a band of malcontents, mainly half-educated radicals, seized power.
16. What is important is a radical change in the unconscious.
17. They have something important to say and vital and radical ways of saying it.
18. The most radical strategy being debated among conservation biologists is Assisted Migration.
19. He likes to present himself as a radical politician.
20. There's a certain mood of fatalism now among the radicals.
21. What made modern dance so radical?
22. New technology has the potential to change modern society in radical ways.
23. With such a majority, the administration was emboldened to introduce radical new policies.
24. A new technology has the potential to change modern society in radical ways.
25. They're depicting me as a radical animal rights activist and environmentalist determined to force my beliefs on others.
26. The Socialists introduced fairly radical reforms.
27. The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent.
28. Instead of the government's piecemeal approach, what is needed is a radical shake-up of 16-19 education.
29. Increasingly, their goals have become more radical.
30. He is regarded as a committed supporter of a radical free-market economics policy.
31. It will bring about radical economic and social changes.
32. Such a radical proposal would never get through parliament.
33. If he presents himself as a radical he risks scaring off the moderates whose votes he so desperately needs.
34. To paraphrase the great social scientist Joseph Schumpeter: there is no radical innovation without creative destruction.
35. He's trying to bring together various strands of radical philosophic thought.
36. The royal environmentalist has been promoting radical ideas for most of his adult life.
37. Critics of your book assert that you're trying to force radical changes on the entire country.
38. This thesis led to a radical reshaping of Democratic policies.
39. It requires radical commitment so you don't buckle under the constant pressure to quit and do things the old way.
40. He has made one of the most powerful American films of the year by keeping faith with his radical principles.
41. The country is about to take a radical departure by electing a woman as its new president.
42. We observe that the first calls for radical transformation did not begin until the period of the industrial revolution.
43. It is undergoing radical and profound changes.
44. Such a radical proposal would never get through Congress.
45. It was a radical departure from tradition.
46. A radical overhaul of the tax system is necessary.
47. His radical views place him outside the mainstream of American politics.
48. Radical factions say the talks are getting nowhere and they want to withdraw.
49. The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation.
50. The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms.
51. At some point, almost all of us will experience a period of radical professional change.