deradicalize

[ dee-rad-i-kuh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, de·rad·i·cal·ized, de·rad·i·cal·iz·ing.

1. to free from radical ideas, goals, or elements:

   The more conservative politicians were trying to deradicalize the liberation movement.

Other Words From

• de·radi·cal·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deradicalize¹

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