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noun
Meaning 1
The process of radicalizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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