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politicalization en · NOUN

Etymology

From politicalize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process or instance of making something political.
   • The needed philosophic nucleus which will be leadership, proletarianization, politicalization. 2004, Eugene Walker Gogol, Raya Dunayevskaya: philosopher of Marxist-Humanism:
   • The Right has been a defender of tradition in order to prevent the destruction of various institutional loyalties and values which have stood as a break on total politicalization. By attacking these institutions and values the Left threatens us all, gay or straight, with totalitarianism. 1976 December 18, Jack Peterson, “No 'Closet' Nazi”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 4:

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politicization