deradicalize

[dee-rad-i-kuh-lahyz]

de·rad·i·cal·ize

[dee-rad-i-kuh-lahyz]
verb (used with object), de·rad·i·cal·ized, de·rad·i·cal·iz·ing.
to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.
Also, especially British, de·rad·i·cal·ise.


Origin:
1970–75; de- + radical + -ize

de·rad·i·cal·i·za·tion, noun
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Deradicalize has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
given to using long words.
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