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radicalization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The process of radicalizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English radical Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English radicalization From radical + -ization.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: радыкаліза́цыя (radykalizácyja) — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Catalan: radicalització — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 激進化 /激进化 (jījìnhuà) — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Czech: radikalizace — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Danish: radikalisering — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Dutch: radicalisering — the process or result of radicalizing
  • French: radicalisation — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Galician: radicalización — the process or result of radicalizing
  • German: Radikalisierung — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Greek: ριζοσπαστικοποίηση (rizospastikopoíisi) — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Hebrew: רָדִיקָלִיזָצְיָה — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Italian: radicalizzazione — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Japanese: 先鋭化 (sen'eika) — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Northern Kurdish: rihdaribûn — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Northern Kurdish: rihdarikirin — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Latvian: radikalizācija — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Lithuanian: radikalizacija — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Polish: radykalizacja — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Portuguese: radicalização — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Russian: радикализа́ция (radikalizácija) — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Samogitian: radikalizacėjė — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Spanish: radicalización — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Swedish: radikalisering — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Ukrainian: радикаліза́ція (radykalizácija) — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Vietnamese: sự cực đoan hoá — the process or result of radicalizing
  • Welsh: radicaleiddiad — the process or result of radicalizing
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