politize

English

Verb

politize (third-person singular simple present politizes, present participle politizing, simple past and past participle politized)

1. (transitive) To make political; to politicize.
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To play the politician; to dispute as politicians do.
   • 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavvses that hitherto have Hindred it; republished as Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC:

     But let us not for fear of a scarecrow, or else through hatred to be reform'd, stand hankering and politizing

Synonyms

• politicize

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “politize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Galician

Verb

politize

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of politizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

politize

1. inflection of politizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish

Etymology

From French politisé, past participle of politiser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.li.ti.ze/

Adjective

politize

1. politicized

Derived terms

• politize etmek (“to politicize”)