politicize

• politicise (British)

From politic +‎ -ize.

• enPR: pə-lĭt'ĭsīz', IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/

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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.
   • 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.

• politize (dated)

• depoliticize

• politicization
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• depoliticization

• politicalize