Definition of radical chic
: a fashionable practice among socially prominent people of associating with radicals or members of minority groups
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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.
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First Known Use of radical chic
1970
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