Radical vs. Reactionary
Difference Between Radical and Reactionary
Radicaladjective
Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.
His beliefs are radical.Reactionaryadjective
Politically favoring a return to a supposed golden age of the past.
Radicaladjective
Pertaining to a root of a plant.
Reactionaryadjective
(chemistry) Of, pertaining to, participating in or inducing a chemical reaction.
Radicaladjective
Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
Reactionarynoun
One who is opposed to change.
Radicaladjective
Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.
The spread of the cancer required radical surgery, and the entire organ was removed.Reactionarynoun
One who is very conservative.
Radicaladjective
Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
Reactionarynoun
an extreme conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism
Radicaladjective
Produced using the root of the tongue.
Reactionaryadjective
extremely conservative
Radicaladjective
Involving free radicals.
Radicaladjective
(math) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.
a radical quantity; a radical signRadicaladjective
Excellent; awesome.
That was a radical jump!Radicalnoun
(historical: 19th-century Britain) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
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(historical: early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
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A person with radical opinions.
Radicalnoun
(arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
Radicalnoun
(linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
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(linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
Radicalnoun
(chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
Radicalnoun
(organic chemistry) A free radical.
Radicalnoun
Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or , such that an element x ∈ R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xn ∈ I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
Radicalnoun
Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
Radicalnoun
The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
Radicalnoun
(number theory) The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.
Radicalnoun
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
Radicalnoun
an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule than has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule;
in the body free radicals are high-energy particles that ricochet wildly and damage cellsRadicalnoun
a person who has radical ideas or opinions
Radicalnoun
a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
Radicalnoun
a sign placed in front of an expression to denote that a root is to be extracted
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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
thematic vowels are part of the stemRadicaladjective
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm;
extremist political viewsradical opinions on educationan ultra conservativeRadicaladjective
markedly new or introducing radical change;
a revolutionary discoveryradical political viewsRadicaladjective
arising from or going to the root;
a radical flaw in the planRadicaladjective
of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root;
a radical verb formRadicaladjective
especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem;
basal placentationradical leaves
