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politicalize

politicalize verb: to make political; to politicize.

Verb

politicalize (third-person singular simple present politicalizes, present participle politicalizing, simple past and past participle politicalized)

  1. (transitive) To make political; to politicize.

Forms of politicalize

third-person singular presentpoliticalizes
present participlepoliticalizing
past participlepoliticalized
pastpoliticalized

Origin of politicalize

From political + -ize.

Words formed from politicalize

Questions about politicalize

What does politicalize mean?
Politicalize means to make political; to politicize.
What part of speech is politicalize?
Politicalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of politicalize?
The past tense of politicalize is politicalized.

Words near politicalize in the dictionary

  1. politicalising
  2. politicalism
  3. politicalisms
  4. politicalization
  5. politicalizations
  6. politicalize
  7. politicalized
  8. politicalizer
  9. politicalizers
  10. politicalizes
  11. politicalizing

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