radicalize

[ rad-i-kuh-lahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, rad·i·cal·ized, rad·i·cal·iz·ing.

to make radical or more radical, as in politics:
young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.

, rad·i·cal·ized, rad·i·cal·iz·ing.

to become radical or more radical:
The regime has increasingly radicalized since the coup.

radicalize

/ ˈrædɪkəˌlaɪz /

First recorded in 1815–20; radical + -ize

Movements radicalize when their members become unable to have ordinary interactions with people different from themselves.

What seems to have upset him the most was watching Alessa and Almonte radicalize a local teenager he calls “a regular street kid.”

“This is scary; brutal methods will radicalize a larger number of women,” Sokirianskaya said.

Trying to hold back history and peaceful change may radicalize the situation.

American universities seem to radicalize more middle-class Arabs than did their upbringing in the Middle East.

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