politicize C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes US /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/ UK /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to make something a political issue or give it a political character Critics accused them of trying to politicize a public health crisis. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to make something a... politicalize ↔ Opposites depoliticize Word family Derived forms politicizationpoliticized Related forms politicpoliticalpoliticspolitician Etymology AI details From politic / political (from Ancient Greek politikos 'civic', from polis 'city, state') + -ize. politikos Ancient Greek polis Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # politicize **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/ **IPA (UK):** /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/ ## Meanings 1. to make something a political issue or give it a political character ## Examples - Critics accused them of trying to politicize a public health crisis. ## Synonyms - politicalize ## Antonyms - depoliticize ## Derived Forms - politicization - politicized ## Related Forms - politic - political - politics - politician ## Roots and Affixes - Root: politikos - Root: polis ## Etymology From politic / political (from Ancient Greek politikos 'civic', from polis 'city, state') + -ize. ## AI Etymology Politicize is from politic / political (from Ancient Greek politikos 'civic', from polis 'city, state') + -ize. Important recorded forms include politikos (Ancient Greek) and polis (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers to make something a political issue or give it a political character. The wider family includes derived forms such as politicization and politicized and related words such as politic, political, politics, and politician. ## Topics - Actions & Processes - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown