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has gloss	(noun) an affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them radical chic
has gloss	eng: First coined by journalist Tom Wolfe, radical chic has entered broad usage as a derogatory term for the pretentious adoption of radical causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society. The concept has been described as "an exercise in double-tracking one's public image: on the one hand, defining oneself through committed allegiance to a radical cause, but on the other, vitally, demonstrating this allegiance because it is the fashionable, au courant way to be seen in moneyed, name-conscious Society." Unlike dedicated activists, revolutionaries, or dissenters, those who engage in radical chic remain frivolous political agitators. They are ideologically invested in their cause of choice only insofar as it advances their social standing.
lexicalization	eng: radical chic
lexicalization	eng: Radical-chic
subclass of	(noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display mannerism, pose, affectation, affectedness

Meaning
Italian
has gloss	ita: Radical chic è unespressione idiomatica, mutuata dallinglese, per definire gli appartenenti alla ricca borghesia che, al fine di seguire la moda del momento, per esibizionismo o per inconfessati interessi personali, ostentano idee anticonformistiche e tendenze politiche fortemente radicali, generalmente avulse o diametralmente opposte ai valori culturali e sociali del ceto di appartenenza. È il contrario del termine snob.
lexicalization	ita: Radical chic
Korean
lexicalization	kor: 과격파를 좋아하기
Norwegian
has gloss	nor: Radical chic er et engelsk begrep skapt av journalisten Tom Wolfe og har blitt et nedsettende begrep om pretensiøse radikale saker frontet av kjendiser, fremtredene personer i selskapslivet og overklassen. Begrepet har blitt beskrevet som «an exercise in double-tracking one's public image: on the one hand, defining oneself through committed allegiance to a radical cause, but on the other, vitally, demonstrating this allegiance because it is the fashionable, au courant way to be seen in moneyed, name-conscious Society.»
lexicalization	nor: radical chic

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