deradicalize
English
Alternative forms
- deradicalise (UK)
Etymology
From de- + radicalize.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diːˈɹædɪkəlaɪz/
Verb
deradicalize (third-person singular simple present deradicalizes, present participle deradicalizing, simple past and past participle deradicalized)
- (transitive) To divest of radicalism; to normalize politically.
- 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 267:
- [H]is successors […] clamped down and deradicalized, with the French Revolution providing excuse enough to drop further reform.
- 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador 2014, p. 267:
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