deradicalize

verb

deradicalize

verb

/diːˈɹædɪkəlaɪz/

Etymology From de- + radicalize.

1

To divest of radicalism; to normalize politically.

  • [H]is successors […] clamped down and deradicalized, with the French Revolution providing excuse enough to drop further reform.2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 267:
Derived terms
deradicalizer

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