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radical chic
[ rad-i-kuhl sheek ]
noun
- the patronage of extremists or left-wing radicals by rich or famous people, as through invitations to social functions or public expressions of support.
Other Word Forms
- ··- adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of radical chic1
Example Sentences
It would be tempting to conclude that Hollywood should heed postelection autopsies inveighing against “magic words,” “radical chic” and “going woke.”
In Hollywood these days, radical chic is back in fashion.
It is sung by a white Symbionese Liberation Army terrorist, and lampoons the liberal fascination with what Tom Wolfe called radical chic.
But he warned that attitudes among the global population - including those he has in the past called "radical chic environmentalists" - would have to change.
There was a feeling that she was frozen in time; that she belonged to a 60s brand of so-called radical chic and that her ideas were outmoded.
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