extreme; radical; violent (language)
Used for ideas, measures, statements, or actions that go far beyond what is moderate or acceptable. Often carries a negative or critical tone. Antonym: 穏健 (moderate).
Antonyms: 穏健
Many people reacted against his radical remarks.
Extreme dieting can harm your health.
He made an extreme statement on TV and it caused a controversy.
The doctor told me not to do strenuous exercise.
The protest movement gradually became more radical.
激しい describes raw intensity (a storm, emotion, effort) without implying wrongness, whereas 過激 suggests going beyond acceptable limits, often critically.
過激 emphasizes extremeness or even violence, whereas ラジカル can describe fundamental change without necessarily being violent.
過激 often carries a negative or radical political connotation, while ドラスチック is more neutral and can describe any drastic measure or change.
過剰 means an excessive amount or surplus of something, while 過激 describes ideas or actions being radically extreme, not merely too much in quantity.
過激 shares the kanji 激 and describes extreme or radical ideas/actions, whereas 急激 describes the rapid steepness of a change, not its extremity of content.
過激 describes extreme, radical actions or opinions, while 過酷 describes harsh, punishing conditions or treatment; both share 過 but differ in what they modify.
Compound of 過 (exceed, go beyond) and 激 (violent, intense). The combination naturally yields the meaning of excessive intensity or radicalness.