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politizing

politizing is the present participle and gerund of politize.

Meaning of politize

Verb

politize (third-person singular simple present politizes, present participle politizing, simple past and past participle politized)

  1. (dated, transitive) To make political; to politicize.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To act like a politician; to dispute as politicians do.
    • But let us not for fear of a scarecrow, or else through hatred to be reform'd, stand hankering and politizing1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC

Questions about politizing

What is politizing the present participle and gerund of?
Politizing is the present participle and gerund of politize.

Words near politizing in the dictionary

  1. politix
  2. politization
  3. politize
  4. politized
  5. politizes
  6. politizing
  7. Politkovskaya
  8. Polito
  9. politocracies
  10. politocracy
  11. politocratic

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