deradicalize

[ dee-rad-i-kuh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object),de·rad·i·cal·ized, de·rad·i·cal·iz·ing.

to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements: The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.

Origin of deradicalize

¹

First recorded in 1970–75; de- + radical + -ize

Also especially British, de·rad·i·cal·ise .

Other words from deradicalize

de·rad·i·cal·i·za·tion, noun

Words Nearby deradicalize

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