polarize C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process Also spelled polarised US /ˈpoʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/ UK /ˈpəʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/ See IPA manual Freq #109171 Meanings 1 verb To cause to have a polarization. To polarize, and indeed, to artificially distinguish between the secular and the religious is to dismiss the inarguable Judeo-Christian foundation of contemporary secular institutions. 2 verb To cause a group to be divided into extremes. The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users, and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those companies enforce their rules. Thesaurus Word family Forms polarized Derived forms bipolarizedepolarizehyperpolarizemispolarizepolarizabilitypolarizablepolarizationpolarizerrepolarize Etymology From French polariser, equivalent to polar + -ize. Topics Cause, Change & Process External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # polarize **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /ˈpoʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpəʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/ **Frequency rank:** 109171 ## Meanings 1. To cause to have a polarization. 2. To cause a group to be divided into extremes. ## Examples - To polarize, and indeed, to artificially distinguish between the secular and the religious is to dismiss the inarguable Judeo-Christian foundation of contemporary secular institutions. - The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users, and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those companies enforce their rules. ## Derived Forms - bipolarize - depolarize - hyperpolarize - mispolarize - polarizability - polarizable - polarization - polarizer - repolarize ## Etymology From French polariser, equivalent to polar + -ize. ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process markdown