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RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root) , in English politics, a term applied to politicians who desire to make thorough, or radical, changes in the constitution and in the social order generally. Although it had been used in a somewhat similar way during the reign of Charles II., the term Radical, in its political sense, originated about the end of the 18th century, probably owing its existence to Charles James Fox, who, in ,1797, declared that " radical reform " was necessary. The ideas of the first Radicals were borrowed largely from the authors of the French Revolution. The word was more generally employed during the disturbed period between the close of the Napoleonic wars and the passing of the great
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See W. Harris, History of the Radical Party in Parliament (1885); S. Bamford, Passages in the Life of a Radical (new ed., 1893) ; C. B. Roylance Kent, The English Radicals:_ an Historical Sketch (1899).End of Article: RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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