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radicality|rædɪˈkælɪtɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ity.]
1. Radical state or condition; the fact of being radical.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 147 Equivocall seeds and Hermaphroditicall principles, which contain the radicality and power of different formes. 1685Wallis Alg. xxv. 107, I..prefix the Root of such Power to the note of Radicality. 1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Radical, √ is the character of radicality, and expresses the square root. 1819J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. 269 Numerous and strong testimonies like these prove the radicality of the question. 1979Dædalus Winter 30 The radicality of these changes..had lent credence to the set of beliefs described above.
2. a. = radicalism. b. The Radicals, or Radical party.
1820Blackw. Mag. VII. 318 The demons of whiggery and radicality. 1832J. Wilson ibid. XXXII. 722 We shall play one section of you against the other this day, and both sections against the radicality the next. 1841Ibid. XLIX. 549 John remained a year or so opposed to Radicality. |