politicize

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US /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/ UK /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/ See IPA manual

verb

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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.

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1 verb · to make something a... politicalize

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depoliticize

Word family

Derived forms politicizationpoliticized

Related forms politic political politics politician

Etymology

From politic / political (from Ancient Greek politikos 'civic', from polis 'city, state') + -ize.

politikos Ancient Greek polis Ancient Greek

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# 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.

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- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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