politicize

English

Alternative forms

politicise (British)

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

politicize (third-person singular simple present politicizes, present participle politicizing, simple past and past participle politicized)

(intransitive) To discuss politics
(transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue
(transitive) To make someone politically active or aware

Antonyms

depoliticize

Derived terms

Translations

to discuss politics

Bulgarian: занимавам се с политика (zanimavam se s politika)
Finnish: politikoida (fi)
Hungarian: politizál (hu)
Macedonian: бистри политика (bistri politika)

to give something political characteristics

Belarusian: палітызава́ць impf or pf (palityzavácʹ)
Bulgarian: политизирам (politiziram)
Catalan: polititzar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 政治化 (zh) (zhèngzhìhuà)
Czech: politizovat
Finnish: politisoida (fi)
French: politiser (fr)
Galician: politizar (gl)
German: politisieren (de)
Greek: πολιτικοποιώ (el) (politikopoió)
Italian: politicizzare (it)
Macedonian: политизи́ра (politizíra)
Occitan: politizar
Polish: upolityczniać impf, upolitycznić pf
Portuguese: politizar (pt)
Romanian: politiza (ro)
Russian: политизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (politizírovatʹ)
Spanish: politizar (es)
Swedish: politisera (sv)
Ukrainian: політизува́ти impf or pf (polityzuváty)

to make someone politically active

Catalan: polititzar (ca)
Finnish: politisoida (fi)
Galician: politizar (gl)
German: politisieren (de)
Greek: πολιτικοποιώ (el) (politikopoió)
Italian: politicizzare (it)
Portuguese: politizar (pt)
Spanish: politizar (es)
Swedish: politisera (sv)

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