Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense radicalizes, present participle radicalizing, past tense, past participle radicalizedregional note: in BRIT, also use radicalise
verb
If something radicalizes a process, situation, or person, it makes them more radical.
He says the opposition will radicalize its demands if these conditions aren't met. [VERB noun]
...women radicalized by feminism. [VERB-ed]
The trial was a radicalizing experience for her. [VERB-ing]
radicalization (rædɪkəlaɪzeɪʃən)uncountable noun
...the radicalization of the conservative right. [+ of]
radicalize in British English
or radicalise (ˈrædɪkəˌlaɪz)
verb(transitive)
to make (a person) more radical
Derived forms
radicalization (ˌradicaliˈzation) or radicalisation (ˌradicaliˈsation)
noun
radicalize in American English
(ˈrædɪkəlˌaɪz)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈradicalˌized or ˈradicalˌizing