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You're close, but they're not synonyms. 
 
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 radical 
 
4 : one that is radical: as a : one that advocates a decided and often 
extreme change from existing, usual, or traditional views, habits, 
conditions, or methods &amp;lt;a literary radical at heart, he was fighting 
... for a reevaluation of values -- R.E.Spiller&amp;gt; &amp;lt;regarded as 
something of a radical in anthropological circles ... when he proposed 
that Neanderthal man might be classified as Homo sapiens -- 
R.W.Murray&amp;gt; &amp;lt;the young radicals ... who met regularly to discuss the 
new musical theories -- Edward Sackville-West &amp;amp; Desmond Shawe-Taylor&amp;gt; 
 
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 I'm not really sure what radical means here, asuming it means revolutionary? 
 Thank you.</description></item></channel></rss>