Radical in english
Radical
pronunciation: rædəkəl part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: rædəkəl part of speech: adjective
In gestures
radical1 = hardliner ; bigot.
Example: Iranians have voted for hardliners just out of spite.Example: It has become far too easy for charlatans and bigots to harness religion to their own political agenda.radical2 = drastic ; radical ; deep-seated ; dramatic ; vowed ; bigoted.
Example: Even when drastic revision is seen to be necessary and accepted, the point in time at which to conduct this extensive review can be difficult to select.Example: A similar approach to arrangement, but one which is less radical than reader interest arrangement, is to rely upon broad categorisation rather than detailed specification.Example: Librarians have always had a deep-seated, and often irrational, faith in education -- especially book-centred, information education -- as a panacea for society's ills.Example: This kind of distribution is represented by a curve which shows a hugely lopsided frequency for the majority, then a dramatic drop, dribbling off into a long tail of mostly zeros.Example: The archtypical animal rights activist is embodied in Emma Peel, a suicidal grammar school dropout, a vowed fruitarian, & member of the Animal Liberation Front.Example: As a bigoted radio personality incites whites to seek revenge, tensions mount and Smith fights to slake the anger that engulfs him.more:
» cambio radical = revulsion ; radical change ; sea change .
Example: I have spoken of enumeration in terms perhaps dictated by a revulsion from the view so often held that the compilation of subject catalogues is the true and proper function of the bibliographer. Example: Theses paintings represent the continuation of China's long pictorial heritage in an era of radical change and challenges for artists. Example: Local publishing in the developing world will undergo a sea change if the Bank adopts the recommendations of the seminar as policy.» cambio radical de actitud = volte-face ; about-face .
Example: Although she has repeatedly ruled out calling an early election, she says her volte-face is motivated by the need to 'strengthen our hand in negotiation with the European Union'. Example: Tanzania provides one of the most extreme examples of an about-face in food marketing.» cambio radical de opinión = volte-face ; about-face .
Example: Although she has repeatedly ruled out calling an early election, she says her volte-face is motivated by the need to 'strengthen our hand in negotiation with the European Union'. Example: Tanzania provides one of the most extreme examples of an about-face in food marketing.» cambio radical de postura = about-face ; about-turn ; volte-face .
Example: Tanzania provides one of the most extreme examples of an about-face in food marketing. Example: The Attorney General was left with egg on his chin when no-one, not even his Prime Minister, bothered to inform him of this about-turn. Example: Although she has repeatedly ruled out calling an early election, she says her volte-face is motivated by the need to 'strengthen our hand in negotiation with the European Union'.» causa radical, la = radical cause, the [Expresión usualmente acompañada del artículo] .
Example: Edwards had already shown his identification with the radical cause two years earlier by signing the Charter.» ecologista radical = tree-hugger ; eco-warrior [Consulta la entrada "eco" para ver otras palabras que empiezan por esta abreviatura] .
Example: My wife is a bit of a tree-hugger, so she went ape-shit when I ran over a frog. Example: Now, sheep are being enlisted as eco-warriors in the battle against invasive plant species.» hincha radical del fútbol = football hooligan .
Example: The violence wasn't caused by war vets but by football hooligans.» volver radical = radicalise [radicalize, -USA] .
Example: The report on the likely impact of the Iraqi war on British Muslims warned that the conflict would embitter and radicalize them.