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In '''politics''':

* [[Radicalism]], canvarious referideologies to:and political groupings

*a supporter of a [[revolutionary]] [[social movement]], opposed to [[liberalism]] and [[conservatism]], particularly a supporter of [[libertarian socialism]] or the [[far-left]]

**Thea termsupporter of the "radical right" isvariety usedof in politics for somethe [[far right varieties, and in some contexts refers to [[neoconservatism]].

**a [[neoconservatism|neoconservative]]

**[[Radical Left]] refers to a subset of the far left.

**a supporter of the [[Radical Left]]

**The term radical is used by the right wing in the [[United States]] to mischaracterise e elements of the [[Democratic Party of the United States|Democratic Party]]

* [[Radicalization]], which refers to the transformation from passiveness or activism to more [[radical]], [[revolutionary]], [[extremism|extremist]], or [[militant]] postures. While the term "radical" iscan be commonly associated with far-left movements, "radicalization" makes no such distinction.

* a supporter of [[Radicalism (historical)]], a movement which developed in 18th and 19th century Britain with aims including electoral reform and republicanism, and subsequent leftist liberal movements in continental Europe and Latin America

**[[Radical Whigs]], influential early writers on Radicalism

* a [[Radical Republican]], (an influential group of American politicians during the Civil War reconstruction)

* a [[Radical Party]] member

* a supporter of [[Radicals (UK)]], parliamentary progressives, who were predecessors of the [[Liberal Party (UK)]]

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