radical change
Total system overhaul
Radical change is transformation that goes to the root of something rather than making surface adjustments.
The word radical comes from a Latin term meaning root, so radical change implies fundamental restructuring: The new CEO promised radical change, not incremental improvements.
It suggests sweeping, dramatic shifts that alter essential character or function.
- paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- new world orderTransformed global power structure
- breakthroughSudden important advance
scientific revolution · ground zero · innovation · constitutional amendment · root and branch · epiphany · grassroots movement · metamorphosis · upheaval · abolition · counterculture · turning point · clean slate · fresh start · decentralization · decolonization · social reform · democratization
- Business Strategiesexpand, diversify, outsource, merge, restructure
- RevolutionsFrench Revolution, Russian Revolution, American Revolution, Cuban Revolution, Mexican Revolution
- Revolutionrevolt, uprising, insurrection, overthrow, revolutionaries
- turning pointsturning point, defining moment, pivotal event, pivotal moment, crossroads
- Futurismjetpacks, holograms, robots, androids, cyborgs
radical changeminor tweak
fine-tuning · tinkering · refinement · touch-up · no change
radical changestatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
preservation · conservatism · continuity · stability · stasis
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