radicals'
Of the zealous reformers
Radicals' is the possessive form of the plural radicals—people who advocate fundamental political or social change, or in chemistry and mathematics, entities with specific technical meanings.
The apostrophe indicates belonging: the radicals' demands for reform, the free radicals' effect on cellular aging.
Those seeking systemic overthrow
- activistsPeople working for causes
- extremistsThose with radical positions
- militantsAggressive advocates for causes
- dissidentsPolitical objectors
anarchists · reformers · insurgents · agitators · leftists · progressives · subversives · zealots
Chemically reactive atomic fragments
- ionsAtoms bearing charge
- moleculesBonded atomic groups
- atomsSmallest elemental units
- electronsNegative charges in atoms
oxidants · antioxidants · hydroxyl · superoxide · reactive · unstable · oxidative · unpaired
Underground nutrient absorbers
- morphemesSmallest meaningful language units
- stemsPlant's main axes
- basesBottom supports or stations
- charactersPersons in a narrative
kanji · hanzi · phonetic · semantic · components · strokes · primitives · building blocks
Underground nutrient absorbers
- square rootsFactors yielding products when self-multiplied
- cube rootsValues tripled by multiplication recreate targets
- expressionsOutward manifestations of feeling
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
simplify · index · radicand · exponents · notation · equations · algebraic · solutions
Countercultural youth of the sixties
- punksPetty troublemakers
- bohemiansUnconventional artistic types
- beatniksFifties countercultural rebels
- freethinkersIndependent-minded questioners of orthodoxy
nonconformists · dropouts · communes · alternative · underground · anti-establishment · iconoclasts · mavericks
revolutionaries
Those seeking systemic overthrow
- activistsPeople working for causes
- extremistsThose with radical positions
- militantsAggressive advocates for causes
dissidents · anarchists · reformers · insurgents · agitators · leftists · progressives · subversives · zealots · ideologues
free radicals
Chemically reactive atomic fragments
electrons · oxidants · antioxidants · hydroxyl · superoxide · reactive · unstable · oxidative · unpaired · peroxide
roots
Underground nutrient absorbers
characters · kanji · hanzi · phonetic · semantic · components · strokes · primitives · building blocks · logographic
roots
Underground nutrient absorbers
- square rootsFactors yielding products when self-multiplied
- cube rootsValues tripled by multiplication recreate targets
- expressionsOutward manifestations of feeling
irrational · simplify · index · radicand · exponents · notation · equations · algebraic · solutions · extraction
hippies
Countercultural youth of the sixties
- punksPetty troublemakers
- bohemiansUnconventional artistic types
- beatniksFifties countercultural rebels
freethinkers · nonconformists · dropouts · communes · alternative · underground · anti-establishment · iconoclasts · mavericks · outsiders
radicals'moderates
Reduces intensity or extremity
centrists · middle-of-the-roaders · fence-sitters · independents · pragmatists
radicals'gradualists
Advocates of slow change
reformists · conservatives · traditionalists · preservationists · evolutionists
radicals'establishment's
Of an organization
insiders · conformists · elites · incumbents · institutionalists
- radical leftExtreme progressive politics
- radical changeFundamental, sweeping transformation
- free radicalUnstable, electron-seeking particle
- radical feministsThose wanting fundamental gender change
- radical ideasConcepts demanding fundamental change
- radical surgeryAggressive, extensive medical procedure
radical, radically, radicalism, radicalize, radicalized, radicalizing, radicalization