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Recent Examples of radicalism
The North American university is often painted as a hotbed of radicalism.
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Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
As governments delivered unprecedented economic growth and built strong welfare states, popular support for radicalism diminished.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2022
But the music video—which depicts two men kissing and a transgender woman dressing—was a true act of radicalism in the face of America’s puritanical, conservative Bush years.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2024
But Republicans argue that Walz’s plain-talking, blue-collar demeanor is a sham that hides his radicalism.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
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Hazlitt, 4 Sep. 2024
As governments delivered unprecedented economic growth and built strong welfare states, popular support for radicalism diminished.
—Sheri Berman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2022
But the music video—which depicts two men kissing and a transgender woman dressing—was a true act of radicalism in the face of America’s puritanical, conservative Bush years.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 Aug. 2024
But Republicans argue that Walz’s plain-talking, blue-collar demeanor is a sham that hides his radicalism.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicalism
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In 1966: California college students Huey Newton and Bobby Seale created the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary organization that promoted Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense – particularly against police brutality.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
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In the Cold War years, as the US sought to limit the spread of communism abroad, political leaders promoted the concept of domestic containment at home to steel American society against the purportedly undermining influences of socialism.Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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Perhaps worried about alienating her interlocutor, Wang fails to press Payá on camera about her support of a candidate who embodies American bigotry and who is a beacon of extremism.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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Grunewald takes what could have been a forgettable crossover ‘evil team-up’ issue and crafts one of the most haunting mediations on extremism and vengeance.Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Second, the refusal to see how profoundly distasteful so much of modern liberalism has become to so much of America.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017) created a renaissance of Black horror, tackling the tropes of Black people in the genre, and connecting America’s past with its present, revealing that white liberalism too often hid a core of racist ideals.Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicalism. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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