radicalize

• radicalise

From radical + -ize.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹædɪkəlaɪz/

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radicalize (third-person singular simple present radicalizes, present participle radicalizing, simple past and past participle radicalized)

1. (transitive) To make radical.
   • 1971, Deborah S. Davis, “The Cultural Revolution in Wuhan”, in The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces‎^[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 159:

     The goal of the Cultural Revolution was to radicalize the whole society, to create mass participation at all levels of decision-making, and to restore the revolutionary élan of the 1940s.

   • 2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.

   • 2019 March 29, Kevin Roose, “YouTube’s Product Chief on Online Radicalization and Algorithmic Rabbit Holes”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     It’s been called “one of the most powerful radicalizing instruments of the 21st century,” “a petri dish of divisive, conspiratorial and sometimes hateful content,” and a tool that “drives people to the internet’s darkest corners.”

2. (intransitive) To become radical; to adopt a radical political stance.
   • 2017 March 7, Caitlin Lovinger, “A Deadly Sin”, in The New York Times‎^[4]:

     He’s a delight and provides a little break in one’s timeline between heart-stopping political developments, at least until he himself radicalizes, which is bound to happen soon, because he is a French bulldog.

• radicalizable
• radicalization
• deradicalize
• radicalizer
• reradicalize
• self-radicalize

• racialized

radicalize

1. inflection of radicalizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative