radicalizes
Makes politically extreme
Radicalizes means causes someone to adopt extreme political, social, or religious views.
The word typically describes a process where moderate beliefs shift toward fundamentalism or militancy: The documentary explores how online forums radicalize young men.
Someone can also be radicalized toward progressive causes, though the word more often appears in contexts of violent extremism.
The passive form is common: He was radicalized in prison.
Implants fixed beliefs systematically
- brainwashesForcibly changes someone's beliefs
- recruitsNewly joined members
- convertsThose who switched faiths
- groomsHorse caretakers or fiancés
propagandizes · polarizes · incites · inflames · entrenches · fanaticism · zealotry · fundamentalism
Activates for action
- politicizesMakes into political matter
- galvanizesRouses to sudden activity
- convertsThose who switched faiths
- transformsChanges form completely
awakens · empowers · organizes · recruits · agitates · campaigns · protests · advocates
Newly joined members
- mobilizesActivates for action
- armsUpper body limbs
- trainsLinked rail carriages
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
guerrilla · rebellion · uprising · resistance · militants · combatants · paramilitary · fighters
indoctrinates
Implants fixed beliefs systematically
- brainwashesForcibly changes someone's beliefs
- recruitsNewly joined members
- convertsThose who switched faiths
grooms · propagandizes · polarizes · incites · inflames · entrenches · fanaticism · zealotry · fundamentalism · dogmatism
mobilizes
Activates for action
- politicizesMakes into political matter
- galvanizesRouses to sudden activity
- convertsThose who switched faiths
transforms · awakens · empowers · organizes · recruits · agitates · campaigns · protests · advocates · demonstrates
recruits
Newly joined members
insurgency · guerrilla · rebellion · uprising · resistance · militants · combatants · paramilitary · fighters · cells
radicalizesmoderates
Reduces intensity or extremity
centers · mainstreams · normalizes · tempers · mellows
radicalizesreintegrates
Restores to unified state
rehabilitates · socializes · assimilates · mainstreams · normalizes
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