Radical (from Latin: , root) may refer to:

Politics and ideology Politics Classical radicalism, the ideology and movement started in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe and Latin America in the 19th century Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change Radical Party (disambiguation), several political parties Radicals (UK), a British and Irish grouping in the early to mid-19th century Radicalization Politicians from the Radical Civic Union

Ideologies Radical chic, a term coined by Tom Wolfe to describe the pretentious adoption of radical causes Radical feminism, a perspective within feminism that focuses on patriarchy Radical Islam, or Islamic extremism Radical Christianity Radical veganism, a radical interpretation of veganism, usually combined with anarchism Radical Reformation, an Anabaptist movement concurrent with the Protestant Reformation

Science and mathematics Science Radical (chemistry), an atom, molecule, or ion with unpaired valence electron(s) Radical surgery, where diseased tissue or lymph nodes are removed from a diseased organ Mathematics Radical expression involving roots, also known as an nth root Solution in radicals Radical symbol (√), used to indicate the square root and other roots Radical of an algebraic group, a concept in algebraic group theory Radical of an ideal, an important concept in abstract algebra Radical of a ring, an ideal of "bad" elements of a ring Jacobson radical, consisting of those elements in a ring R that annihilate all simple right R-modules Nilradical of a ring, a nilpotent ideal which is as large as possible Radical of a module, a component in the theory of structure and classification Radical of an integer, in number theory, the product of the primes which divide an integer Radical of a Lie algebra, a concept in Lie theory Nilradical of a Lie algebra, a nilpotent ideal which is as large as possible Left (or right) radical of a bilinear form, the subspace of all vectors left (or right) orthogonal to every vector

Linguistics Root (linguistics), in morphology Radical, a Semitic root consonant Radical (Chinese characters), a glyph component Radical consonant, in phonology

Arts and entertainment Music Radical (mixtape), by Odd Future, 2010 Radical (Every Time I Die album), 2021 Radical (Smack album), 1988 "Radicals" (song), a song by Tyler, The Creator from the 2011 album Goblin "Radical", an instrumental by Dyro and Dannic, 2014

Architecture and design

Radical period (design), a period in late 1960s Italian design Radical Baroque, an architectural style

Literature

Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, a 2010 book by Christian pastor David Platt Radical: My Journey out of Islamist Extremism, a 2012 memoir by British activist Maajid Nawaz

Film Radical (film), a 2023 Spanish language film

Other uses Murphy Radical, a Canadian light aircraft design Radical, Missouri, U.S., a ghost town Radical Sportscars, a British sports car maker Radical Entertainment, a Canadian video game developer Radical.fm, a digital music streaming service Radical Software, American art journal started in 1970

See also

The Radicalz, a World Wrestling Federation stable Radical center (disambiguation) Radical left (disambiguation) Radical right (disambiguation) Radikal (disambiguation) Radicle, the first part of a seedling