Antedating of "Radicalism"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Dec 25, 2005 at 03:00:19PM -0500, Fred Shapiro wrote:
> radicalism (OED 1820)
>
> 1819 Jeremy Bentham _Bentham's Radical Reform Bill_ 4 (Making of the
> Modern Economy)  But Magistrates, such as are not already like the
> Manchester Magistrates, may all of them, but for Radicalism, be so at any
> time; for they are, all of them, placed by the Monarch -- all of them
> removable at his pleasure.

Our draft entry now has an 1817 example, also from Bentham.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED