‘Radical’ is a Latin word that means ‘having roots’. The word ‘radical’ can be used as a noun or an adjective. The following list is a diverse range of its use in the English language.
Adjectives:
1. Going to or of the origin of root; fundamental
2. Extreme or thoroughgoing (‘there were radical changes within the company’s policies’)
3. Inherently existing in a thing or person (‘there were radical defects within his character’)
4. Slang (cool; wonderful; great; marvellous; brilliant; awe-inspiring)
5. Theme, stem, base, root word, root (linguistics): The form of a certain word after the affixes have been removed
6. Ultra; radical; extremist (in actions and opinions), far beyond what is considered the norm (‘he had radical views about politics’)
7. Revolutionary; introducing a radical change
8. Going to or arising from the source or root (‘the plan had a radical flaw’)
9. Basal (especially of a leaf)
10. Very great or major (‘there were radical changes’)
Noun:
1. Group of atoms; a residue; a compound radical; a chemical group
2. A fundamental, essential and characteristic of a compound; therefore on occasion an atom
3. A person who will advocate radical changes within social or government institutions and who is opposed to conservatism
4. Primitive letter; letter belonging to a radix
5. Primitive word; a root, a radix, or uncompounded, underived, simple word; etymon
6. (Mathematics); a quantity that is expressed as a root of a separate quantity
7. A person expressing radical opinions or ideas and favouring drastic social, economic or political reforms
Every day a dictionary editor will devote a couple of hours to reading newspapers, books, electronic publications or magazines to look for a new word, a new meaning of an existing word or even evidence of a variant spelling to decide if any word will belong in a dictionary. A person who loves words is called a logophile.
Adjectives:
1. Going to or of the origin of root; fundamental
2. Extreme or thoroughgoing (‘there were radical changes within the company’s policies’)
3. Inherently existing in a thing or person (‘there were radical defects within his character’)
4. Slang (cool; wonderful; great; marvellous; brilliant; awe-inspiring)
5. Theme, stem, base, root word, root (linguistics): The form of a certain word after the affixes have been removed
6. Ultra; radical; extremist (in actions and opinions), far beyond what is considered the norm (‘he had radical views about politics’)
7. Revolutionary; introducing a radical change
8. Going to or arising from the source or root (‘the plan had a radical flaw’)
9. Basal (especially of a leaf)
10. Very great or major (‘there were radical changes’)
Noun:
1. Group of atoms; a residue; a compound radical; a chemical group
2. A fundamental, essential and characteristic of a compound; therefore on occasion an atom
3. A person who will advocate radical changes within social or government institutions and who is opposed to conservatism
4. Primitive letter; letter belonging to a radix
5. Primitive word; a root, a radix, or uncompounded, underived, simple word; etymon
6. (Mathematics); a quantity that is expressed as a root of a separate quantity
7. A person expressing radical opinions or ideas and favouring drastic social, economic or political reforms
Every day a dictionary editor will devote a couple of hours to reading newspapers, books, electronic publications or magazines to look for a new word, a new meaning of an existing word or even evidence of a variant spelling to decide if any word will belong in a dictionary. A person who loves words is called a logophile.
