antiradicalism
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anti- + radicalism.
Noun
[edit]antiradicalism (uncountable)
- Opposition to radical ideologies.
- 2010, Paul S. Boyer, Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, The Enduring Vision Since 1865, page 691:
- Wartime antiradicalism crested in a postwar Red Scare. (Communists were called “reds” because of the red flag favored by revolutionary organizations.)