radical reform
Complete systemic transformation
Radical reform is change that addresses root causes rather than surface symptoms.
Unlike incremental adjustments, radical reform seeks fundamental transformation of a system or institution: The movement called for radical reform of the criminal justice system.
The phrase often appears in political discourse, where it can signal either ambitious progress or alarming upheaval depending on the speaker's perspective.
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
- redistributionSharing out again differently
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
activism · suffrage · secularism · egalitarianism · radicalism · universal basic income · nationalization · tabula rasa · from the ground up · new world order · liberation · feminism · deregulation · economic justice · shake-up · clean slate · progressive taxation · manifesto
- reformreformer, reformist, democratic reforms, structural change, overhaul
- political philosophypolitical philosophy, political theory, political thought, social contract, natural rights
- writing systemsalphabet, vowel, alphabets, Cyrillic alphabet, consonant
- 1848 HungaryHungarian Revolution, March 15, freedom fight, national uprising, freedom fighters
- radical leftismMarxism, Leninism, Maoism, Trotskyism, Bolshevism
radical reformgradual change
Slow, steady transformation
incrementalism · gradualism · tweaking · evolutionary change · fine-tuning
radical reformconservatism
Preference for existing institutions
status quo · preservation · traditionalism · standing pat · entrenchment
radical reformband-aid solution
Superficial fix masking deeper problems
window dressing · half-measures · symbolic gesture · laissez-faire · non-intervention