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English
Etymology
From politic + -ize.
Pronunciation
Verb
politicize (third-person singular simple present politicizes, present participle politicizing, simple past and past participle politicized)
- (intransitive) To discuss politics.
- (transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue.
My parents started politicizing the weather as soon as they opened their snowplow business.
- (transitive) To make someone politically active or aware.
1977 December 24, Richard Burns, “It Was a 'Big Splash' at The Aquarium”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 25, page 9:The possibility of setting up an educational arm which could politicize gays in Massachusetts through a series of seminars and through the publication of a booklet providing a background on the history of gay rights.
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Translations
to give something political characteristics
to make someone politically active
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