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
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
Barbara Franz
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“Antiradical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antiradical. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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antiradical
adjective
an·ti·rad·i·cal
-ˈrad-i-kəl
variants
or anti-radical
: counteracting the harmful effects of free radicals on the body
… others are employing antiradical agents to halt the neurological damage triggered by oxygen radicals after strokes or injuries to the head and spinal cord …—Linda Marsa, The Los Angeles Times
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