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.