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Webster 1913 Edition


Radicality

Radˊi-cal′i-ty

(rădˊĭ-kăl′ĭ-ty̆)
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Noun.
1.
Germinal principle; source; origination.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
2.
Radicalness; relation to a root in essential nature or principle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Radicality

RADICAL'ITY

,
Noun.
1.
Origination.
2.
A being radical; a quantity which has relation to a root.

Definition 2024


radicality

radicality

English

Noun

radicality (plural radicalities)

  1. The quality of being radical; radicalness.
    • 2000, "Post-theory: New Directions in Criticism", Martin McQuillan, Graeme Macdonald, Robin Purves, Stephen Thomson, p. 5
      However, the radicality of political praxis and the radicality of Theory might not be of the same order.
  2. (obsolete) Germinal principle; source; origination.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Browne to this entry?)
  3. (obsolete) Radicalness; relation to root in essential nature or principle.

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