verb
Meaning 1
To make radical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
radicalize
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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verb
Meaning 2
To become radical; to adopt a radical political stance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
make more radical in social or political outlook
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her work in the developing world radicalized her
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
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 English radicalize From radical + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: radicalizar — to make radical
- Catalan: radicalitzar — to make radical
- Czech: radikalizovat — to make radical
- Dutch: radicaliseren — to make radical
- Finnish: radikalisoida — to make radical
- French: radicaliser — to make radical
- Galician: radicalizar — to make radical
- German: radikalisieren — to make radical
- Greek: ριζοσπαστικοποιώ (rizospastikopoió) — to make radical
- Hebrew: הִקְצִין (hiktsín) — to make radical
- Hungarian: radikalizál — to make radical
- Italian: radicalizzare — to make radical
- Polish: radykalizować — to make radical
- Polish: zradykalizować — to make radical
- Russian: радикализировать (radikalizirovatʹ) — to make radical
- Spanish: radicalizar — to make radical
- Swedish: radikalisera — to make radical
- Hungarian: radikalizálódik — to become radical