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radicality

[ rad-i-kal-i-tee ]

noun

plural radicalities.
  1. the quality of being fundamental, drastic, far-reaching, etc.:

    Because of the radicality of the surgery there is a higher risk of complications.

    It is difficult to overstate the radicality of the change I saw in him after a summer at camp.

  2. a tendency toward extremism in political ideology, religion, etc.; radicalism:

    A lot of people were put off by the radicality of his so-called documentary, and they called it propaganda.

  3. something, such as a concept, practice, character trait, etc., that is fundamental, extreme, or very different from what is generally accepted:

    The essay explores some of the remarkable radicalities and ironies in the work of the famous filmmaker.



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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of radicality1

First recorded in 1815鈥25; radical ( def ) + -ity ( def )
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Example Sentences

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鈥淔raming Agnes鈥 premiered at Sundance last January, where it won the audience and innovator awards in the festival鈥檚 Next category, and went on to garner rave reviews; Ms. Magazine praised its 鈥渟urprisingly gripping format,鈥 while The New Yorker called it 鈥渁 film of quiet but decisive radicality.鈥

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That radicality was attached to improvisation and innovation.

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But this show, organized with the Tate Modern in London, is big enough 鈥 with some 120 paintings, watercolors and drawings 鈥 that an even larger sense of C茅zanne鈥檚 radicality emerges.

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鈥淢any artists in that era were working on conceptual art and radicality, but I have to say that Claude was not part of any movement,鈥 she said in an interview.

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鈥淪omething quite amazing happened during this campaign. The radicality of Eric Zemmour has softened the image of Marine Le Pen,鈥 Bruno Cautres, a political scientist at Sciences-Po university in Paris, told Reuters.

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