radical

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radical
ˈradɪk(ə)l Listen
Meanings
adjective
  • (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.
    E.g. a radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework
  • advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social change; representing or supporting an extreme or progressive section of a political party.
  • denoting or relating to the roots of a word.
  • relating to or forming the root of a number or quantity.
  • of, or springing direct from, the root or stem base of a plant.
  • very good; excellent.
    E.g. Okay, then. Seven o'clock. Radical!
noun
  • a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social change, or a member of a political party or section of a party pursuing such aims.
  • a group of atoms behaving as a unit in a number of compounds.
  • the root or base form of a word.
  • a quantity forming or expressed as the root of another.

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