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self-radicalized

self-radicalized is the simple past and past participle of self-radicalize.

Meaning of self-radicalize

Verb

self-radicalize (third-person singular simple present self-radicalizes, present participle self-radicalizing, simple past and past participle self-radicalized)

  1. (intransitive) To become radical without outside influence.
    • It is unfortunate that this otherwise thoughtful analysis repeats (several times) the new favored explanation by Western terrorism analysts that those who self-radicalize and commit acts of violence on behalf of the global jihad are mostly just “unstable people who are at the end of their rope,” or...2016 July 25, Stuart Gottlieb, “Not All Terrorists Are Deranged Misfits”, in The New York Times

Questions about self-radicalized

What is self-radicalized the simple past and past participle of?
Self-radicalized is the simple past and past participle of self-radicalize.

Words near self-radicalized in the dictionary

  1. self-quarantines
  2. self-quarantining
  3. self-questioning
  4. self-questionings
  5. self-radicalize
  6. self-radicalized
  7. self-radicalizes
  8. self-radicalizing
  9. self-raising
  10. self-raising flour
  11. self-raising flours

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