radicalizing
Making views extreme
Radicalizing is causing someone to adopt extreme political, social, or religious views.
The word typically implies a process—gradual or deliberate—that moves someone toward positions far outside the mainstream: Prison can be a radicalizing experience, Social media algorithms are radicalizing young people.
The term usually carries negative connotations, suggesting dangerous or violent ideology, though radicalizing can also describe legitimate political awakening depending on the speaker's perspective.
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
deradicalization · grooming · echo chamber · alienation · grievance · disillusionment · manipulation · zealotry
Common people as political base
- mobilizingAssembling for action
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- consciousness-raisingIncreasing social or political awareness
- politicizingMaking something politically charged
awakening · empowering · galvanizing · direct action · civil disobedience · protest · solidarity · advocacy
Causing dramatic systemic change
- reshapingAltering structure or form
- overhaulingComprehensive repair or renovation
- reformingMaking institutional changes
- convertingChanging form or function
transforming · shifting · disrupting · upending · reconfiguring · catalyzing · accelerating · intensifying
indoctrination
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
incitement · deradicalization · grooming · echo chamber · alienation · grievance · disillusionment · manipulation · zealotry · fanaticism
grassroots
Common people as political base
- mobilizingAssembling for action
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- consciousness-raisingIncreasing social or political awareness
politicizing · awakening · empowering · galvanizing · direct action · civil disobedience · protest · solidarity · advocacy · agitating
revolutionizing
Causing dramatic systemic change
- reshapingAltering structure or form
- overhaulingComprehensive repair or renovation
- reformingMaking institutional changes
converting · transforming · shifting · disrupting · upending · reconfiguring · catalyzing · accelerating · intensifying · deepening
radicalizingmoderating
Making less extreme
deradicalizing · mainstreaming · centring · centering · normalizing
radicalizingstabilizing
Making firm or constant
pacifying · integrating · calming · settling · assimilating
radicalizingreconciling
Resolving a dispute
depolarizing · bridging · conciliating · compromising · mediating
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