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ˈræd ɪ kəˌlaɪzrad·i·cal·ize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. radicalizeverb

    make more radical in social or political outlook

    "Her work in the developing world radicalized her"

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  1. radicalizeverb

    to make radical

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  1. radicalize

    Radicalization (or radicalisation) is the process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly radical views in opposition to a political, social, or religious status quo. The ideas of society at large shape the outcomes of radicalization; for example, radical movements can originate from a broad social consensus against progressive changes in society or from a broad desire for change in society. Radicalization can result in both violent and nonviolent action – academic literature focuses on radicalization into violent extremism (RVE) or radicalisation leading to acts of terrorism. Multiple separate pathways can promote the process of radicalization, which can be independent but are usually mutually reinforcing.Radicalization that occurs across multiple reinforcing pathways greatly increases a group's resilience and lethality. Furthermore, by compromising a group's ability to blend in with non-radical society and to participate in a modern, national or international economy, radicalization serves as a kind of sociological trap that gives individuals no other place to go to satisfy their material and spiritual needs.

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  1. radicalize

    To radicalize generally means to cause someone to adopt extreme political, social, or religious beliefs and ideals, often advocating for drastic and swift change or reform. This process can lead individuals or groups to reject or challenge established norms or systems.

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    The numerical value of radicalize in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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    The numerical value of radicalize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of radicalize in a Sentence

  1. Harry Sarfo:

    For America and Canada, it’s much easier for them to get them over the social network, because they say the Americans are dumb – they have open gun policies, they say ‘We can radicalize them easily, and if they have no prior record, they can buy guns, so we don’t need to have no contact man who has to provide guns for them.’.

  2. Prime Minister David Cameron:

    These terrorists are plotting to kill us and to radicalize our children right now. They attack us because of who we are, not because of what we do, the question is this: do we work with our allies to degrade and destroy this threat, and do we go after these terrorists in their heartlands, from where they are plotting to kill British people, or do we sit back and wait for them to attack us?

  3. Ryan Mauro:

    Current arguments over terrorist recidivism upon release from Gitmo focus vary based on what it means to ‘rejoin’ the terrorist cause, the rate is lower if you only consider those who went back to physical fighting and it is higher if you include those who rejoined terrorist groups. But we often miss another factor: What about those who use their rock star status to radicalize without engaging in violence? We must remember this is an ideological war.

  4. Ianther Mills:

    His careless act of violence and hatred, targeted at a congregation of individuals with a lived history of social and racial injustice, had the presumably desired effect, asbury was forced to reckon with the very tangible evidence that we continue to live in a world where people radicalize hate based upon race and skin color.

  5. Vice President Joe Biden:

    There are 1.4 billion Muslims in the world some of the rhetoric I'm hearing sounds designed to radicalize all 1.4 billion.

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