radicalization

American  

[rad-i-kuh-luh-zey-shuhn] / ˌræd ɪ kə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /

especially British, radicalisation

noun

1. the act or process of becoming more extreme, as in beliefs, actions, or politics.

   The group tries to counter radicalization by promoting nonviolence and tolerance through peer-to-peer education.

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Etymology

Origin of radicalization

radical ( def. ) + -ization ( def. )

Example Sentences

“If we’re saying that a platform’s recommendation engine is a defective product, that digital forensic trail, which used to be just evidence of radicalization, could now be evidence of liability.”

From Los Angeles Times

In this environment, an effective national counterterrorism strategy would likely point to stopping terrorism further upstream, interrupting radicalization and violent mobilization at an earlier stage.

From Los Angeles Times

But they share several threads: lawful presence, few warning signals, online radicalization, and attacks carried out without the fingerprints of an organized network.

From The Wall Street Journal

In its acid humor one can glimpse the warped logic of radicalization.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, what they reliably create is destruction, and destruction generates its own dynamics: rallying among the population, power vacuums, radicalization and cycles of retaliation.

From Salon