Describes opinions, behavior, or personality that is excessively radical, extreme, or unconventional. Often carries a negative or critical tone. Relatively rare and literary.
His radical remarks provoked a lot of backlash.
The author is known for an eccentric style.
The kanji 矯 means 'rectify' or 'correct', and 激 means 'violent' or 'intense'. The combination suggests an excessive or radical correction, leading to the sense of extreme or eccentric. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.