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radicalism

/ˈradɪkəlɪz(ə)m/

radicalism noun: any of various radical social or political movements that aim at fundamental change in the structure of society.

Noun

radicalism (countable and uncountable, plural radicalisms)

  1. Any of various radical social or political movements that aim at fundamental change in the structure of society

radicalism meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Arabic and Indonesian

radicalism in Hindi

Translations
उग्रवाद ugravād, आमूलवाद āmūlvād, चरमपंथ carampanth

radicalism in Telugu

radicalism, extremism
ఉగ్రవాదము ugravādamu

radicalism in Arabic

Translations
رَادِيكَالِيَّة rādīkāliyya

radicalism in Indonesian

Translations
radikalisme
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radicalism in Persian
رادیکالیسم râdikâlism
radicalism in Vietnamese
chủ nghĩa cấp tiến, chủ nghĩa quá khích

Examples of radicalism in a sentence

  • The activist fighting Islamic radicalism on the French Riviera was Abdelghani Merah.
  • “Every so often he’d talk about radicalism and that,” said Ali.
  • Thus communist tendencies would be consistent with toughminded radicalism while fascism would be characterised by toughminded conservatism.

All 15 example sentences with radicalism

Forms of radicalism

pluralradicalisms

Origin of radicalism

From radical + -ism.

Words formed from radicalism

Questions about radicalism

What does radicalism mean?
Radicalism means any of various radical social or political movements that aim at fundamental change in the structure of society.
What is radicalism in Hindi?
Radicalism in Hindi is उग्रवाद (ugravād), आमूलवाद (āmūlvād), चरमपंथ (carampanth). See Radicalism meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is radicalism?
Radicalism is a noun.
How do you pronounce radicalism?
Radicalism is pronounced /ˈradɪkəlɪz(ə)m/.
What is the plural of radicalism?
The plural of radicalism is radicalisms.

Words near radicalism in the dictionary

  1. radicalise
  2. radicalised
  3. radicalises
  4. radicalish
  5. radicalising
  6. radicalism
  7. radicalisms
  8. radicalist
  9. radicalistic
  10. radicalistically
  11. radicalists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: radicalism (page history and authors); ఉగ్రవాదము (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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