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politicize

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From politic +‎ -ize.

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

  1. (intransitive) To discuss politics.
  2. (transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue.
  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.

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