Radicalization

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Radicalization is the transformation from passiveness or activism to more revolutionary, militant or extreme postures. Radicalization is often associated with youth, adversity, alienation, social exclusion, poverty, or the perception of injustice to self or others.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

Radicalism
Institutional radicalization

Radical left, another term for the far left
Radical right, another term for the far right
Extremism, political standpoints that are perceived as revolutionary or extreme
Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement which began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe and Latin America in the 19th century
Radical Whigs, influential early writers on Radicalism
Radical Republican (USA), a member of an influential group of American politicians during the Civil War reconstruction
Radical Party, a political party
Radicals (UK), parliamentary progressives who were predecessors of the UK Liberal Party (and through them the modern-day Liberal Democrats)