anti-radical
adjective
(alsoantiradical)uk/ˌæn.tiˈræd.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌæn.taɪˈræd.ɪ.kəl/anti-radicaladjective(beliefs)
opposedtoradicalideasorgroups(= thosebelievingthat there should begreatsocialorpoliticalchange):
Anti-radicalsentimentwasrunninghigh at thetime.
Thewrongphrasingof an anti-radicalstatementcantriggerdaysofriots.
- An anti-radicalbacklashiscreditedwithreducinginsurgentviolencein theregion.
- Thelocalpressreportedthemeetinginitstypicalanti-radicaltone.
- Histacticswere often non-radical, orevenanti-radical .
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- leftward
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- plank
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
- Toryism
anti-radicaladjective(chemistry)
chemistryspecialized
workingagainst theeffectsoffreeradicals(=moleculesin thebodythat have anextraelectronandreactveryeasilywith othermolecules):
Researchersdeterminedthe antiradicalcapacityofvariouscarotenoids.
- Analysisshowedthat thestembarkdisplayedhigh anti-radicalproperties.
- TheoptimumpH foritshighestantiradicalactivityislowerthan 4
- Specific antiradical interventions mightpreventDNAlesions.
Physics: atoms, molecules & sub-atomic particles
- acceptor
- anion
- antilepton
- antimatter
- antineutrino
- antiparticle
- elementary particle
- hydroxyl ion
- interelectronic
- interionic
- intermolecular
- intermolecularly
- internuclear
- isotope
- neutrino
- non-molecular
- nucleon
- nuclide
- orbital
- relative molecular mass