radical chic
noun
: a fashionable practice among socially prominent people of associating with radicals or members of minority groups
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The condemnations run the gamut: accusations of antisemitism; accusations of outsider agitators; accusations charging the moral emptiness of the listless radical chic.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
James is quite tough-minded about the limits of radical chic.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
It is sung by a white Symbionese Liberation Army terrorist, and lampoons the liberal fascination with what Tom Wolfe called radical chic.
—Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
This is never an honest account of cultural trends — juxtaposing Sixties radical chic with Millennial wokeness.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Dec. 2020
The Castro regime enthusiastically circulated photographs of the British delegation in front of a Che Guevara icon in Havana, a tired and gimmicky invocation of 1960s radical chic that’s even more farcical in the 21st century.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2019
Other stars include Liv Tyler; Peter Mullan; a slithery Mark Gatiss, as the court operator Sir Robert Cecil; and Tom Cullen, whose fearsome Guy Fawkes is a barbarous departure from the radical chic symbol favored by many hackers and activists.
—Jeremy Egner, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2017
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
James is quite tough-minded about the limits of radical chic.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
It is sung by a white Symbionese Liberation Army terrorist, and lampoons the liberal fascination with what Tom Wolfe called radical chic.
—Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
This is never an honest account of cultural trends — juxtaposing Sixties radical chic with Millennial wokeness.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 Dec. 2020
The Castro regime enthusiastically circulated photographs of the British delegation in front of a Che Guevara icon in Havana, a tired and gimmicky invocation of 1960s radical chic that’s even more farcical in the 21st century.
—Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2019
Other stars include Liv Tyler; Peter Mullan; a slithery Mark Gatiss, as the court operator Sir Robert Cecil; and Tom Cullen, whose fearsome Guy Fawkes is a barbarous departure from the radical chic symbol favored by many hackers and activists.
—Jeremy Egner, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2017
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“Radical chic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radical%20chic. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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