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radicality

radicality noun: the quality of being radical; radicalness.

Noun

radicality (plural radicalities)

  1. The quality of being radical; radicalness.
    • However, the radicality of political praxis and the radicality of Theory might not be of the same order.2000, "Post-theory: New Directions in Criticism", Martin McQuillan, Graeme Macdonald, Robin Purves, Stephen Thomson, p. 5
  2. (obsolete) Germinal principle; source; origination.
    • there may be equivocal seeds and hermaphroditical principles, which contain the radicality and power of different forms1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
  3. (obsolete) Radicalness; relation to root in essential nature or principle.

Synonyms of radicality

Forms of radicality

pluralradicalities

Origin of radicality

From radical + -ity.

Questions about radicality

What does radicality mean?
Radicality means the quality of being radical; radicalness.
What part of speech is radicality?
Radicality is a noun.
What is the plural of radicality?
The plural of radicality is radicalities.

Words near radicality in the dictionary

  1. radicalist
  2. radicalistic
  3. radicalistically
  4. radicalists
  5. radicalities
  6. radicality
  7. radicalizable
  8. radicalization
  9. radicalizations
  10. radicalize
  11. radicalized

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