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radicalize

especially British, ···

[rad-i-kuh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

radicalized, radicalizing 
  1. to make radical or more radical, as in politics.

    young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.



verb (used without object)

radicalized, radicalizing 
  1. to become radical or more radical.

    The regime has increasingly radicalized since the coup.

radicalize

/ ˈæɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to make (a person) more radical

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • radicalization noun
  • ˌ徱ˈپDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of radicalize1

First recorded in 1815–20; radical + -ize
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A few days later, on May 21, a gunman allegedly radicalized by the war in Gaza killed two Israeli Embassy aides outside a Jewish museum in Washington.

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Citing its street-level, human examination of how authoritarianism can radicalize average people, Tracy Brown says, “‘Andor’ is not only one of the best ‘Star Wars’ stories but one of the best TV shows around.”

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“The ability to get radicalized, as well as the ability to actually gain the technical know-how, along with a hot-button anger-inducing social media landscape — this is the world we’re living in,” he added.

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Most people who are radicalized, however, are lost forever.

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Yes, it's likely true that he's been radicalized by the online right into thinking that "the left" and immigrants are destroying the world.

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