Definition & Metaphor

• 01.

  forming an inherent or fundamental part of the nature of someone or something. "the assumption of radical differences between the mental attributes of literate and nonliterate peoples"

• 02.

  thorough and intended to be completely curative. characterized by departure from tradition; innovative or progressive."a radical approach to electoral reform"

• 03.

  a group of atoms behaving as a unit in a number of compounds.