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Recent Examples of radicalism
Somehow, this respectable foe of radicalism had organized the political realignment that broke up the Union, sustained the war that overthrew the South’s ruling class, and managed the struggle that emancipated its proletariat.
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Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The Democrats’ new embrace of immigration radicalism is being led by none other than Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who initially seemed desirous of presiding over a pivot back to the center.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Her life read a bit like a cautionary tale against the rigidities of radicalism.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
But that reputation for radicalism was a little misleading.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The Democrats’ new embrace of immigration radicalism is being led by none other than Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who initially seemed desirous of presiding over a pivot back to the center.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Her life read a bit like a cautionary tale against the rigidities of radicalism.
—Hazlitt, 11 June 2025
But that reputation for radicalism was a little misleading.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicalism
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Does the Democratic National Committee seriously think the entire country now embraces socialism as a result?—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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But taking a step back, Trump ran on a core message of fighting socialism, bringing down prices, boosting blue collar jobs, getting America’s finances in order, staying out of wars and taking a hard line on immigration.—
Matt Fleming,
Oc Register,
23 June 2025
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Much of it looks at how people can be pulled toward extremism by online interactions sucking them in to supporting more violent ideologies like radical Islam as espoused by ISIS or antisemitism.—
Rachel Clarke,
CNN Money,
24 June 2025
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Outlining the extremism of this schism, Kürti points to Divízió 88 (Division 88), an anonymous neo-Nazi skinhead group founded in 2003 that folds racist, hateful lyrics into its rock and roll.—
Danielle Han,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2025
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Yet what Grant didn’t foresee is that this kind of liberalism could form an effective resistance against Yankee imperialism.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
2 July 2025
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Conservatives, by contrast, paint liberalism as a cultural leviathan that has trampled traditional values underfoot.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://x0upouf933.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/thesaurus/radicalism. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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