radicalises

Makes views extreme

Radicalises is the British spelling of radicalizes—to make someone adopt extreme political, social, or religious views.

The word typically describes a process of conversion to militant ideology: The internet radicalises vulnerable young people.

Something that radicalises pushes toward the fringes, away from moderate positions.

indoctrination

brainwash

Coercively alter beliefs

recruit · groom · extremism · fanaticism · fundamentalism · proselytize · convert · condition · manipulate · zealotry

politicization

activism

Direct effort for reform

campaign · partisanship · ideology · grassroots · left-wing · right-wing · populism · faction · extremist · militant

transformation

metamorphosis

Profound biological restructuring

overhaul · shift · change · awakening · enlightenment · turning point · catalyst · trigger · pivotal · trajectory

Opposites
ideological trajectory

radicalisesmoderates

Reduces intensity or extremity

mainstreams · tempers · centrists · mellows · softens

social integration

radicalisesreintegrates

Restores to unified state

rehabilitates · socialises · normalises · assimilates · domesticates

psychological state

radicalisescalms

Reduces agitation

soothes · pacifies · disarms · opens · broadens

Phrases
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