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politicized

politicized is the simple past and past participle of politicize.

Adjective

politicized (comparative more politicized, superlative most politicized)

  1. politically aware or active (of a person)
  2. given political characteristics or overtones (of a thing)

Meaning of politicize

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

Synonyms of politicized

Forms of politicized

Verb
alternative formpoliticised
Adjective
comparativemore politicized
superlativemost politicized

Words formed from politicized

Questions about politicized

What does politicized mean?
Politicized means politically aware or active (of a person).
What is politicized the simple past and past participle of?
Politicized is the simple past and past participle of politicize.
What part of speech is politicized?
Politicized is an adjective.

Words near politicized in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: politicized (page history and authors); politicize (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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