different between radical vs feminazi

English

Etymology

From French radical, from Late Latin r?d?c?lis (“of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical”), from Latin r?dix (“root”); see radix.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?d??k-?l, IPA^(key): /??æd?k?l/
• Homophone: radicle

Adjective

radical (comparative more radical, superlative most radical)

1. Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter.

2. (botany, not comparable) Pertaining to a root (of a plant).
3. Pertaining to the basic or intrinsic nature of something.
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

     The most determined exertions of that authority, against them, only showed their radical independence.

   Synonym: fundamental

   Antonyms: ignorable, trivial

4. Thoroughgoing; far-reaching.

5. (lexicography, not comparable) Of or pertaining to the root of a word.
6. (phonology, phonetics, not comparable, of a sound) Produced using the root of the tongue.

   Coordinate terms: coronal, dorsal, labial, laryngeal

7. (chemistry, not comparable) Involving free radicals.
8. (mathematics) Relating to a radix or mathematical root.

9. (slang, 1980s & 1990s) Excellent; awesome.

Synonyms

• (linguistics, in reference to words): primitive

Antonyms

• (linguistics, in reference to words): derivative, derived

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

radical (plural radicals)

1. (historical, 19th-century Britain) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
2. (historical, early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
3. A person with radical opinions.
4. (arithmetic) A root (of a number or quantity).
6. (linguistics) In logographic writing systems such as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning, as opposed to phonetic.
7. (linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
8. (chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
9. (organic chemistry) A free radical.
10. (algebra, commutative algebra, ring theory, of an ideal) Given an ideal I in a commutative ring R, another ideal, denoted Rad(I) or ${\displaystyle {\sqrt {I}}}$, such that an element x ? R is in Rad(I) if, for some positive integer n, xⁿ ? I; equivalently, the intersection of all prime ideals containing I.
11. (algebra, ring theory, of a ring) Given a ring R, an ideal containing elements of R that share a property considered, in some sense, "not good".
12. (algebra, ring theory, of a module) The intersection of maximal submodules of a given module.
13. (number theory) The product of the distinct prime factors of a given positive integer.

Derived terms

Related terms

• nilradical

Translations

References

• radical in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• radical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• "radical" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 251.

Further reading

• Radical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Radical of an ideal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Radical of a ring on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Radical of a module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Radical of an integer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Radical of an ideal on Encyclopedia of Mathematics
• Ideal Radical on Wolfram MathWorld

Anagrams

• aldaric, cardial

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r?.di?kal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ra.di?kal/

Adjective

radical (masculine and feminine plural radicals)

1. radical

Derived terms

• radicalment
• radicalisme
• radicalitzar

Noun

radical m or f (plural radicals)

1. radical

Further reading

• “radical” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “radical” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “radical” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “radical” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin r?d?c?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.di.kal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Homophones: radicale, radicales

Adjective

radical (feminine singular radicale, masculine plural radicaux, feminine plural radicales)

1. radical

Noun

radical m (plural radicaux)

1. (linguistics, grammar) radical, root

Further reading

• “radical” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

radical m (plural radicais)

1. radical (in various senses)

Derived terms

• radicalismo
• radicalizar
• radicalmente

Further reading

• “radical” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ad??i?kaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??ði?ka?/
• Hyphenation: ra?di?cal

Noun

radical m (plural radicais)

1. (linguistic morphology) root (primary lexical unit of a word)

   Synonym: raiz

Noun

radical m, f (plural radicais)

1. radical (person holding unorthodox views)

   Synonym: extremista

Adjective

radical m or f (plural radicais, comparable)

1. radical (favouring fundamental change)
2. drastic; extreme
3. (Brazil, slang) excellent; awesome; thrilling
4. (sports) extreme (dangerous)

Derived terms

• radicalismo
• radicalizar
• radicalmente

Further reading

• “radical” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Adjective

radical m or n (feminine singular radical?, masculine plural radicali, feminine and neuter plural radicale)

1. radical

Declension

Related terms

• radicalist
• radicaliza

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin r?d?c?lis or Latin r?d?x + Spanish suffix -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /radi?kal/, [ra.ð?i?kal]
• Hyphenation: ra?di?cal

Adjective

radical (plural radicales)

1. radical, seismic

Derived terms

• radicalismo
• radicalizar
• radicalmente

Noun

radical m (plural radicales)

1. radical

Derived terms

Further reading

• “radical” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Alternative forms

• femi-Nazi, femme-Nazi

Etymology

Blend of feminist +? Nazi, popularized in 1992 by politically conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh, who credited his friend Thomas Hazlett, a professor of law and economics at George Mason University, with coining the term (1987).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?m??n??tsi/, enPR: f?m'?-nät?s?

Adjective

feminazi (comparative more feminazi, superlative most feminazi)

1. (derogatory, potentially offensive) Relating to a radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views or who seeks superiority of women over men.

Translations

Noun

feminazi (plural feminazis)

1. (derogatory, potentially offensive) A radical or militant feminist who is intolerant of opposing views or who seeks female superiority over men.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:feminazi.

   Synonyms: fembitch, (often used by anti-feminists) femcunt, (rare) femifascist

Usage notes

• See the usage notes about Nazi.
• Limbaugh defined the term as “a feminist to whom the most important thing in life is ensuring that as many abortions as possible occur”, adding that “[t]here are fewer than twenty-five known Feminazis in the United States”. However, in practice he and others use the term in a much wider context.

Derived terms

• feminazism

Translations

References

Anagrams

• infamize

Galician

Etymology

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminista +? nazi.

Adjective

feminazi m or f (plural feminazis)

1. (derogatory, offensive) feminazi

Noun

feminazi m or f (plural feminazis)

1. (derogatory, offensive) feminazi

Derived terms

• feminazismo m

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminista +? nazi.

Noun

feminazi m, f (plural feminazis)

1. (derogatory, offensive) feminazi

Derived terms

• feminazismo m

Spanish

Alternative forms

• feminazista (rare)

Etymology

Calque of English feminazi: blend of feminista +? nazi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /femi?na?i/, [fe.mi?na.?i]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /femi?nasi/, [fe.mi?na.si]
• Hyphenation: fe?mi?na?zi

Adjective

feminazi (plural feminazis)

1. (derogatory, offensive) feminazi

Noun

feminazi m or f (plural feminazis)

1. (derogatory, offensive) feminazi

   Synonym: (see usage notes there) hembrista

Derived terms

• feminazismo m