(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Radical changes and differences are very important and great in degree.
The country needs a period of calm without more surges of ~ change...
The Football League has announced its proposals for a ~ reform of the way football is run in England.
= fundamental
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
...two large groups of people with ~ly different beliefs and cultures.
= fundamentally
ADV
2.
Radical people believe that there should be great changes in society and try to bring about these changes.
...threats by left-wing ~ groups to disrupt the proceedings.
? conservative
ADJ: usu ADJ n
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A ~ is someone who has ~ views.
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