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In Britain, supporter of parliamentary reform
before the Reform Bill 1832. As a group the
Radicals later became the progressive wing of
the Liberal Party. During the 1860s (led by
Cobden, Bright, and J S Mill) they campaigned
for extension of the franchise, free trade,
and laissez-faire, but after 1870, under the
leadership of Joseph Chamberlain and Dilke,
they adopted a republican and semi-socialist
programme. With the growth of socialism in
the later 19th century, Radicalism ceased to
exist as an organized movement.
2.
In politics, anyone with opinions more
extreme than the main current of a country's
major political party or parties. It is more
often applied to those with left-wing
opinions.
3.
In chemistry, a group of atoms (for example
the methyl radical, -CH3) forming part of a
molecule, which takes part in chemical
reactions without disintegration, yet often
cannot exist alone.