politize
English
editVerb
editpolitize (third-person singular simple present politizes, present participle politizing, simple past and past participle politized)
- (transitive) To make political; to politicize.
- (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
editPart 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
editVerb
editpolitize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of politizar:
Portuguese
editVerb
editpolitize
- inflection of politizar:
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom French politisé, past participle of politiser.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpolitize
Derived terms
edit- politize etmek (“to politicize”)
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