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radicalize

[ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ徱ˈپDz, noun
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  • ·····پDz [rad-i-k, uh, -l, uh, -, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of radicalize1

First recorded in 1815–20; radical + -ize
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Example Sentences

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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That trust is built on his acumen to educate, but also, his talent to radicalize you.

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If you're radicalizing the audience of Fox News, the results are going to be a lot worse than if you radicalize a liberal audience, quite frankly.

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Forget dismantling gangs: Trump's pardons sent a signal to radicalized and violent people that he'd love for them to form right-wing militias and terrorize people he doesn't like.

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