deradicalize
Americanverb (used with object)
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Early in the Trump administration, activists like Christian Picciolini, who has worked to help deradicalize white nationalists, attracted a flurry of media attention.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2023
China denies the allegations and maintains its policies were meant to deradicalize those influenced by jihadi propaganda following years of violent outbursts against Chinese rule in the region.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022
What we can do anymore to deradicalize some of these folks before they get pulled into this even more?
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2021
Though he has convinced hundreds of white supremacists to deradicalize and join the land of the loving, he does not deny that some are beyond saving.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 18, 2020
“It’s impossible to deradicalize individuals,” Jean-Charles Brisard, a French intelligence expert and director of the Paris-based Center for the Analysis of Terrorism, said in an interview.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2017
And in doing so, some would say these institutional forces have intentionally watered down King's message, and deradicalized him.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2024
The government had recently determined that the women were sufficiently deradicalized, and was ending the program in the safe house and preparing to reintegrate the women.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 20, 2018
The idea of somebody being completely deradicalized is that, for instance, when they see a same-sex couple or an interracial couple, they no longer have the negative connotations.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2018
Six of the accused already have pleaded guilty, and, borrowing on practices used in European countries such as Denmark and Germany, the court will explore these young men’s capacity to be deradicalized.
From The Guardian ● May 27, 2016
At this point, with the green movement deradicalized and sedated by marketing forces, skeptical questions about the relationship of design to the world’s problems are badly needed and in short supply.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2010
Picciolini, the former extremist, said prevention is essential to deradicalizing people who pose domestic terror threats.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
Isaac Chotiner: Can you describe the difference, among the people you are researching, between disengaging and deradicalizing?
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2018
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