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politicize

[ puh-lit-uh-sahyz ]

verb (used with object)

politicized, politicizing.
  1. to bring a political character or flavor to; make political:

    to politicize a private dispute.



verb (used without object)

politicized, politicizing.
  1. to engage in or discuss politics.

politicize

/ əˈɪɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to render political in tone, interest, or awareness
  2. intr to participate in political discussion or activity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌپˈپDz, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·i··tDz noun
  • de·i··tDz noun
  • p·i· verb (used with object) depoliticized depoliticizing
  • non·i··tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of politicize1

First recorded in 1750–60; politic(al) + -ize
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Example Sentences

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That creates these "self-help" angles that purport only to offer guidance on daily life, but instead smuggle in highly politicized ideas about hierarchy, power, and freedom.

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Your efforts to politicize baseball, and the Dodgers’ decision to accept the honor and privilege to attend the White House, has no place in the Sports section of the L.A.

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“We were aware from the outset that this is a highly politicized research topic,” co-author Harlan Krumholz, a professor of medicine at Yale, told me by email.

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Strikingly, in an age when everything seems politicized there were not major differences in viewpoints based on respondents’ partisan affiliations.

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It seems this 248-year-old experiment we call American democracy may very well rest in the hands of our highly politicized Supreme Court.

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