“Radicalized” or “Radicalised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “radicalized” and 5 prefer “radicalised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	radicalized	radicalised	Preference
United States	96	4	“radicalized”
United Kingdom	9	91	“radicalised”
India	35	65	“radicalised”
Philippines	100	0	“radicalized”
Canada	93	7	“radicalized”
Australia	19	81	“radicalised”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	6	94	“radicalised”
New Zealand	20	80	“radicalised”
Jamaica	100	0	“radicalized”
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“radicalized”

…with many more conventional conservatives radicalized by today's hard economic times."
…those who joined after being radicalized by the Hunger Strike would…
…young children, had allegedly been radicalized inside the mosque according to…
…apprehended Czech man was actually radicalized or suffering from psychological issues.
…those who remained were increasingly radicalized.
…confident that this killer was radicalized at least in part through…
…general consensus saw them as radicalized individuals.
…but the strike was only radicalized in 2012 and 2013.
The assassination and riots radicalized many, helping to fuel the…
…medically discharged, later imprisoned, becoming radicalized, then fleeing the country.

“radicalised”

Internally, popular agitation radicalised the Revolution significantly, culminating in…
Such events radicalised opinion in Cambridge and elsewhere;…
…Ingmar Bergman staged as a radicalised Christian Passion (radikalisierte christliche Passion),…
…the events of May 1968, radicalised him.
…of the 1960s that quickly radicalised, in the years 1967 and…
…life – until they become radicalised.
…she returned, she had been radicalised by the experience."
…Islamic hate preachers and became radicalised as a result of personal…
…world wars, but both sides radicalised after the Second World War.
This weakness radicalised their demands, leading to greater…

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