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“Radical” or “Radicle”

radical / radicle are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

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radical r·AE·d·ah·k·ah·l

  • nouna person who has radical ideas or opinions.
  • noun(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity.
  • nouna character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram.
  • adjectivearising from or going to the root or source.
  • adjectiveof or relating to or constituting a linguistic root.
  • adjectiveespecially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem.

radicle

  • noun(anatomy) a small structure resembling a rootlet (such as a fibril of a nerve).
Usage

Examples in context

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“radical”

  • …invisible interiority and in its radical immanence.
  • …conception of phenomenality with a radical phenomenology of life.
  • SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron is an animated series…
  • …featured in the documentary Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West.
  • |rowspan="2"| Radical
  • …was particularly true of the "radical period"" of the French Third…
  • …and anti-clericalist mood of French Radical Republicans in this period.
  • …invisible interiority of life, its radical immanence and its original mode…
  • …has been interpreted as both radical and conservative.
  • Psychoanalysis and Feminism: A Radical Reassessment of Freudian Psychoanalysis.

“radicle”

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