radicalism

American  

[rad-i-kuh-liz-uhm] / ˈræd ɪ kəˌlɪz əm /

noun

1. extreme views or practices, or the tendency to favor them, as in politics or religion; extremism.

   In the long term, the peace we seek will only be achieved by eliminating the conditions that feed radicalism and ideologies of violence.

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radicalism British  

/ ˈrædɪkəˌlɪzəm /

noun

1. the principles, desires, or practices of political radicals

2. a radical movement, esp in politics

3. the state or nature of being radical, esp in politics

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Other Word Forms

• antiradicalism noun
• radicalistic adjective
• radicalistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of radicalism

First recorded in 1810–20; radical + -ism

Example Sentences

Either way, radicalism and animus replace knowledge and wisdom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tracy’s script, a faithful yet singular remake of the 2003 South Korean film, “Save the Green Planet!,” shrewdly analyzes how quickly contemporary hopelessness breeds radicalism.

From Salon

Maurice Glasman, the founder of the Blue Labour campaign, has said he and Blue Labour supporters needed to intensify their calls for "economic radicalism".

From BBC

As such, the practical difficulties of implementation shouldn’t in my view be used to invalidate the philosophical-jurisprudential radicalism of the best Rights of Nature judgments.

From Salon

The radicalism is that neither composer nor librettist reveals that this actually works.

From Los Angeles Times