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Definition: Radicalism |
RadicalismNoun1. The political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "radicalism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1835. (references) |
Etymology: Radicalism \Rad"i*cal*ism\, noun. [Compare to the French expression radicalisme.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Satire | RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of to-morrow injected into the affairs of to-day. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: RadicalismSynonyms: Communist parties, Extremism, Extremist movements in politics, New Left. (additional references) |
Crosswords: Radicalism |
| Non-English Usage: "Radicalism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (radicalism). |
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Economic History | Lebanon | It also saw the rise of radicalism among a small number of Lebanese Muslim factions who believed that the successive Israeli and U.S. interventions in Lebanon were serving primarily Christian interests. (references) |
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| "Radicalism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Radicalism" is used about 248 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 248 | 18,908 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
radicalism | 9 |
radicalism of the american revolution | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "radicalism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | radikalizëm (extremeness). (various references) | |
Arabic | مذهب التطرف في السياسة, مذهب التطرف في الدين, جذرية, التطرفية, التطرف في الرآي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | радикализъм. (various references) | |
Chinese | 激进主义. (various references) | |
Czech | radikalismus. (various references) | |
Finnish | jyrkkyys (sharpness, steepness). (various references) | |
French | radicalisme (radicalness). (various references) | |
German | Radikalismus (radicalness). (various references) | |
Greek | ριζοσπαστικέσ ιδέεσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | radikalizmus. (various references) | |
Italian | radicalismo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 急進主義 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きゅうし"しゅぎ. (various references) | |
Manx | fraueoilaght. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | adicalismray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | radicalismo (extremist). (various references) | |
Romanian | radicalism. (various references) | |
Russian | радикализм. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | radikalizam. (various references) | |
Spanish | radicalismo. (various references) | |
Swedish | radikalism. (various references) | |
Thai | ลัทธิที่ยึ"หลักความรุนแรง. (various references) | |
Turkish | radikallik, köktencilik. (various references) | |
Ukranian | радикалізм. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "radicalism": radicalisms. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "radicalism": antiradicalism. (additional references) | |
Words containing "radicalism": antiradicalisms. (additional references) | |
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"Radicalism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: radiality, radicalis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "radicalism" (pronounced ra"dikuli'zum) |
| 6 | -u l i' z u m | bilingualism, cannibalism, capitalism, centralism, colonialism, commercialism, dualism, emotionalism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, evangelism, factionalism, fatalism, federalism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, gradualism, imperialism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, journalism, legalism, liberalism, materialism, mercantilism, metabolism, minimalism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, nationalism, naturalism, neutralism, nihilism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, pluralism, populism, professionalism, provincialism, racialism, sensationalism, socialism, supernaturalism, symbolism, territorialism, vandalism. |
| 5 | -l i' z u m | alcoholism, botulism, embolism, idealism, parallelism, realism, surrealism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bolshevism, boosterism, catechism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, empiricism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, fanaticism, fascism, favoritism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, illusionism, impressionism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, leftism, lesbianism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, mechanism, mesmerism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, mysticism, narcissism, nativism, negativism, nepotism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parkinsonism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, polymorphism, polytheism, positivism, pragmatism, protectionism, puritanism, racism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, statism, stoicism, synergism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-i-i-l-m-r-s" | |
-1 letter: racialism. | |
-2 letters: admirals, airmails, disclaim, radicals. | |
-3 letters: acarids, admiral, airmail, aramids, ascarid, ascidia, camails, camisia, cardias, laicism, midairs, miladis, misdial, mislaid, radials, radical, similar. | |
-4 letters: aaliis, acarid, alarms, alcids, amidic, aramid, cairds, calami, camail, camisa, cardia, claims, craals, dalasi, damars, darics, disarm, dismal, drails, dramas, iliads, lairds, lamias, lascar, liards, lidars, madras, malars, midair, miladi, racial, racism, radial, rascal, sacral, salami, scalar, sialic, sialid, silica. | |
-5 letters: aalii, acari, acids, acrid, alarm, alcid, alias, almas, amias, amici, amids, amirs, arias, arils, asdic, cadis, caids, caird, calms, camas, cards, carls, cilia, clads, claim, clams, craal, crams, damar, daric, dials, dirls, disci, drail, drama, drams, iliac, iliad, imids, irids, laari, laics, laird, lairs, lamas, lamia, lards, laris, liard, liars, lidar, limas, liras, maars, maids, mails, mairs, malar, malic, marcs, maria, marls, micas, micra, midis, milia, radii, raias, raids, rails, rials, sacra, salad, salic, salmi, scald, scram, scrim, simar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-i-i-l-m-r-s" | |
+1 letter: radicalisms. | |
+4 letters: antiradicalism, misarticulated. | |
+5 letters: antiradicalisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 61 64 69 63 61 6C 69 73 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. .- -.. .. -.-. .- .-.. .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100001 01100100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R a d i c a l i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0061 0064 0069 0063 0061 006C 0069 0073 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52677075696778758579 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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