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radical chic

[ rad-i-kuhl sheek ]

noun

  1. the patronage of extremists or left-wing radicals by rich or famous people, as through invitations to social functions or public expressions of support.


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Origin of radical chic1

Coined in 1970 by Tom Wolfe (1931–2018), American journalist, in an essay “Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny'sâ€
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Example Sentences

It would be tempting to conclude that Hollywood should heed postelection autopsies inveighing against “magic words,†“radical chic†and “going woke.â€

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In Hollywood these days, radical chic is back in fashion.

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It is sung by a white Symbionese Liberation Army terrorist, and lampoons the liberal fascination with what Tom Wolfe called radical chic.

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But he warned that attitudes among the global population - including those he has in the past called "radical chic environmentalists" - would have to change.

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There was a feeling that she was frozen in time; that she belonged to a 60s brand of so-called radical chic and that her ideas were outmoded.

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