English▸ noun the fashionable affectation of radical left-wing views:
[as modifier] he completely immersed himself in the subculture of radical chic liberals.
▪ the dress, lifestyle, or people associated with the fashionable affectation of radical left-wing views:
the heyday of the hippie ethos and radical chic.
– ORIGIN 1970 : coined by the US writer Tom Wolfe.