variants
or anti-radical
1
: opposed to or hostile toward radical movements or ideologies
antiradical sentiment
a time of antiradical hysteria in the country
2
medical
: counteracting the harmful effects of free radicals on the body
… employing antiradical agents to halt the neurological damage triggered by oxygen radicals after strokes or injuries to the head and spinal cord …—Linda Marsa
antiradicalism
noun
or anti-radicalism
ˌan-tē-ˈra-di-kə-ˌli-zəm
ˌan-tī-
A similar form of conservative antiradicalism produced the Red Scare after the bombing of the home of Mitchell Palmer, the new attorney general in 1919 …
—Barbara Franz
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“Antiradical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antiradical. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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