Dictionary

politicize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• pə-lĭt'ĭsīz'
• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree English politic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English politicize From politic + -ize.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To engage in or discuss politics.
2. (transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue.
   • My parents started politicizing the weather as soon as they opened their snowplow business.
3. (transitive) To make someone politically active or aware.
   • 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. 1977 December 24, Richard Burns, “It Was a 'Big Splash' at The Aquarium”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 25, page 9:

Forms

Antonyms

depoliticize

Deriveds

depoliticization · overpoliticize · politicizer · politicizable · depoliticize · repoliticize · politicization

Relateds

politicalize

Synonyms

politize

Translations (38)

it politicizzare (to make someone politically active) · ca polititzar (to make someone politically active) · fr politiser (to give something political characteristics) · mk политизи́ра (to give something political characteristics) · ru политизи́ровать (to give something political characteristics) · sv politisera (to make someone politically active) · it politicizzare (to give something political characteristics) · cs politizovat (to give something political characteristics) · el πολιτικοποιώ (to give something political characteristics) · ko 정치화하다 (to give something political characteristics) · ar سَيَّسَ (to give something political characteristics) · sv politisera (to give something political characteristics) · pl upolityczniać (to give something political characteristics) · de politisieren (to make someone politically active) · de politisieren (to give something political characteristics) · gl politizar (to give something political characteristics) · bg занима́вам се с поли́тика (to engage in or discuss politics) · fi politisoida (to make someone politically active) · ru занима́ться поли́тикой (to engage in or discuss politics) · uk політизува́ти (to give something political characteristics) · be палітызава́ць (to give something political characteristics) · es politizar (to make someone politically active) · hu politizál (to engage in or discuss politics) · pt politizar (to make someone politically active) · ja 政治化する (to give something political characteristics) · ro politiza (to give something political characteristics) · pl upolitycznić (to give something political characteristics) · el πολιτικοποιώ (to make someone politically active) · mk бистри политика (to engage in or discuss politics) · pt politizar (to give something political characteristics) · oc politizar (to give something political characteristics) · fi politikoida (to engage in or discuss politics) · ca polititzar (to give something political characteristics) · cmn 政治化 (to give something political characteristics) · bg политизи́рам (to give something political characteristics) · gl politizar (to make someone politically active) · fi politisoida (to give something political characteristics) · es politizar (to give something political characteristics)