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self-radicalizing

self-radicalizing is the present participle and gerund 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-radicalizing

What is self-radicalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Self-radicalizing is the present participle and gerund of self-radicalize.

Words near self-radicalizing in the dictionary

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

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