antiradical

Against drastic change

Antiradical describes opposition to radical political movements or ideas, typically from a conservative or moderate position: antiradical legislation in the 1920s targeted suspected communists.

In chemistry, an antiradical is a substance that neutralizes free radicals—unstable molecules that can damage cells.

Antioxidants are antiradical agents.

chemical

antioxidant

Oxidation-preventing molecule

neutralizer · tocopherol · ascorbate · polyphenol · flavonoid · glutathione · catalase

preservative

antioxidant

Oxidation-preventing molecule

political

reactionary

Anti-progress political stance

conformist · establishment · right-wing · anti-reform · loyalist · orthodox · authoritarian · repressive · suppressive · backlash

Opposites
stance toward radicalism

antiradicalradical

Root-indicating symbol

revolutionary · radicals · extremist · militant · insurrectionary

political orientation

antiradicalradical

Root-indicating symbol

revolutionary · progressive · reformist · leftist · anarchist

ideological identity

antiradicalradical

Root-indicating symbol

Jacobin · anarchist · communist · Bolshevik · sans-culotte

Family

radical, deradicalization, radically, radicalism, radicalize, radicalization, radicalness, nonradical, deradicalize

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