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radicalisation

radicalisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalization.

Meaning of radicalization

Noun

radicalization (countable and uncountable, plural radicalizations)

  1. The process of radicalizing.
    • This remark, it is true, belongs to a time when Engels was himself connected with the Young Hegelians […] nevertheless, it is typical of the hopes that were cherished in the early stages for a radicalization of the master's system.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in...

Forms of radicalisation

pluralradicalisations

Origin of radicalisation

From radical + -isation or radicalise + -ation.

Words formed from radicalisation

Questions about radicalisation

What is radicalisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Radicalisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of radicalization.

Words near radicalisation in the dictionary

  1. radical prostatectomy
  2. Radical Republican
  3. Radical Republicans
  4. radical vinegar
  5. radicalisable
  6. radicalisation
  7. radicalisations
  8. radicalise
  9. radicalised
  10. radicalises
  11. radicalish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: radicalisation (page history and authors); radicalization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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