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politicize

/pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/

politicize verb: to engage in or discuss politics.

Verb

politicize (third-person singular simple present politicizes, present participle politicizing, simple past and past participle politicized)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in or discuss politics.
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive) To make someone politically active or aware.
    • 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.1977 December 24, Richard Burns, “It Was a 'Big Splash' at The Aquarium”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 25, page 9

politicize meaning in Tamil and Arabic

politicize in Tamil

அரசியலாக்கு, அரசியல்தன்மை உடையதாக்கு

politicize in Arabic

to give something political characteristics
سَيَّسَ sayyasa

Examples of politicize in a sentence

  • How did the question of animal welfare become a mass movement, and how was it politicized?
  • Losing control of Congress, they say, could mean a highly politicized impeachment of their president.
  • They politicized things that never should have been politicized.

All 11 example sentences with politicize

Synonyms of politicize

Antonyms

Forms of politicize

third-person singular presentpoliticizes
present participlepoliticizing
past participlepoliticized
pastpoliticized
alternative formpoliticise

Past tense of politicize: politicized

Origin of politicize

From politic + -ize.

Words formed from politicize

Questions about politicize

What does politicize mean?
Politicize means to engage in or discuss politics.
What is politicize in Tamil?
Politicize in Tamil is அரசியலாக்கு, அரசியல்தன்மை உடையதாக்கு. See Politicize meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is politicize?
Politicize is a verb.
How do you pronounce politicize?
Politicize is pronounced /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/.
What is the past tense of politicize?
The past tense of politicize is politicized.

Words near politicize in the dictionary

  1. politicist
  2. politicists
  3. politicizable
  4. politicization
  5. politicizations
  6. politicize
  7. politicized
  8. politicizer
  9. politicizers
  10. politicizes
  11. politicizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: politicize (page history and authors); politicize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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