: a fashionable practice among socially prominent people of associating with radicals or members of minority groups
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThis is never an honest account of cultural trends — juxtaposing Sixties radical chic with Millennial wokeness. Armond White, National Review, 16 Dec. 2020 The Castro regime enthusiastically circulated photographs of the British delegation in front of a Che Guevara icon in Havana, a tired and gimmicky invocation of 1960s radical chic that’s even more farcical in the 21st century. Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2019 Other stars include Liv Tyler; Peter Mullan; a slithery Mark Gatiss, as the court operator Sir Robert Cecil; and Tom Cullen, whose fearsome Guy Fawkes is a barbarous departure from the radical chic symbol favored by many hackers and activists. Jeremy Egner, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2017