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Recent Examples of radicalism
The credits cite as inspiration Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland, a tale concerned with the entropy of 1960s radicalism.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
And after Vance this week criticized The Nation for publishing a critical column about Kirk, which partially misquoted him, its publisher Bhaskar Sunkara underscored that the magazine did not take money from the two foundations that the vice president has accused of funding radicalism.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
OneTaste, by centering women’s pleasure, possessed a sheen of radicalism at a moment when feminism and misogyny seemed to go hand in hand.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Fear is the only thing keeping campus radicalism afloat.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2025
And after Vance this week criticized The Nation for publishing a critical column about Kirk, which partially misquoted him, its publisher Bhaskar Sunkara underscored that the magazine did not take money from the two foundations that the vice president has accused of funding radicalism.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
OneTaste, by centering women’s pleasure, possessed a sheen of radicalism at a moment when feminism and misogyny seemed to go hand in hand.
—Thessaly La Force, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Fear is the only thing keeping campus radicalism afloat.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for radicalism
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His candidacy will test whether more moderate Democratic voters are willing to support a candidate who has embraced socialism.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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However, a recent Gallup poll found that attitudes toward socialism may be changing among left-leaning Americans, with 66% of Democrats now having a positive view of socialism, up from 50% in 2010.—
Halle Troadec,
ABC News,
10 Oct. 2025
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Seventy-six percent characterized right-wing extremism as a major issue, while 32% said left-wing extremism is a top concern.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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One is addled by paranoia and extremism, the other knows only heartless corporate speak.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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In fact, every No Kings speaker offered a version of this, portraying pluralist liberalism as a way to follow in the founders’ footsteps.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sandinista ideology blended Marxism, liberalism, and nationalism, borrowing ideas from both sides of the Iron Curtain.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Oct. 2025
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When prompt instructions encouraged models to maximize rewards or hit specific financial goals, irrationality increased.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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This irrationality, which is especially difficult to model, often boils down to computational constraints.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Radicalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radicalism. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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