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radical chic

radical chic noun: the adoption and promotion of radical political causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society.

Noun

radical chic (uncountable)

  1. The adoption and promotion of radical political causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society.

Origin of radical chic

Coined by American author and journalist Tom Wolfe in 1970.

Questions about radical chic

What does radical chic mean?
Radical chic means the adoption and promotion of radical political causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society.
What part of speech is radical chic?
Radical chic is a noun.

Words near radical chic in the dictionary

  1. radical center
  2. radical centers
  3. radical centrism
  4. radical centrist
  5. radical centrists
  6. radical chic
  7. radical empiricism
  8. radical empiricist
  9. radical empiricists
  10. radical feminism
  11. radical feminisms

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