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)

1. (transitive) To divest of radicalism; to normalize politically.
   • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 267:

     [H]is successors […] clamped down and deradicalized, with the French Revolution providing excuse enough to drop further reform.

Derived terms

• deradicalizer

 

Translations

normalize politically, divest of radicalism

• French: déradicaliser (fr)
• German: deradikalisieren
• Hungarian: deradikalizál
• Italina: deradicalizzare

Anagrams

• deracialized