radicalization

noun

Etymology

From radical + -ization.

  1. derived from rādīcālis — “of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical
  2. inherited from radical
  3. formed as radicalization — “radical + -ization

Definitions

  1. The process of radicalizing.

    • From there, it was only a short step to “Kekism,” at once a joke religion and a precursor of the reactionary radicalization to follow.
    • One way to see the radicalization of the likes of Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Megyn Kelly is that they are adopting Fuentes-Lite positions on issues like immigration and vaccines.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for radicalization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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