deradicalize

English

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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)

  1. (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.

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