radicalize
verb
rad·i·cal·ize
ˈra-di-kə-ˌlīz 
radicalized; radicalizing
: to make radical especially in politics
Examples of radicalize in a Sentence
The war has radicalized an entire generation of young people.
Recent Examples on the Web
During the pandemic, YouTube radicalized me to be into watches.
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David Pierce, The Verge, 31 Mar. 2024
You can be radicalized in ISIS-K then shipped abroad to attack.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Without a motive, right-wing influencers shortly after the shooting seized on the vacuum of information to falsely claim that there was a rise in transgender mass shooters and that the fight for trans rights was radicalizing people.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
White House officials have told Israel that the new construction undermines its long-term security by further angering and radicalizing the Palestinian population and preventing the possibility of a two-state solution.
—Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Many observers have lamented social media’s role in spreading far-right ideas and conspiracy theories, radicalizing scores of Americans.
—TIME, 5 Feb. 2024
In Times Opinion, Ross Douthat writes that higher education’s lurch to the left over the past decade has helped radicalize conservatives, while Charles Blow writes that criticism of Gay was a project of defilement meant to reverse progress.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Taxi Driver overflows with grimy, nightmarish urban detail, and offers an understanding of some of the worst people in the world — radicalized by a strange combination of narcissism and powerlessness — but never quite empathizes with them.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
The idea that someone could be radicalized by an AI chatbot is very real.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
David Pierce, The Verge, 31 Mar. 2024
You can be radicalized in ISIS-K then shipped abroad to attack.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
Without a motive, right-wing influencers shortly after the shooting seized on the vacuum of information to falsely claim that there was a rise in transgender mass shooters and that the fight for trans rights was radicalizing people.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
White House officials have told Israel that the new construction undermines its long-term security by further angering and radicalizing the Palestinian population and preventing the possibility of a two-state solution.
—Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Many observers have lamented social media’s role in spreading far-right ideas and conspiracy theories, radicalizing scores of Americans.
—TIME, 5 Feb. 2024
In Times Opinion, Ross Douthat writes that higher education’s lurch to the left over the past decade has helped radicalize conservatives, while Charles Blow writes that criticism of Gay was a project of defilement meant to reverse progress.
—David Leonhardt, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Taxi Driver overflows with grimy, nightmarish urban detail, and offers an understanding of some of the worst people in the world — radicalized by a strange combination of narcissism and powerlessness — but never quite empathizes with them.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2024
The idea that someone could be radicalized by an AI chatbot is very real.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Radicalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radicalize. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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