politicize
pronunciation
How to pronounce politicize in British English:
UK [pəˈlɪtɪsaɪz]
How to pronounce politicize in American English:
US [pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz]
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- Verb:
- give a political character to
Word Origin
- politicize (v.)
- 1758, "take up politics," from politics + -ize. Meaning "to render political" is from 1846. Related: Politicized; politicizing. Earlier was politize (late 16c.), but this was rare.
Example
- 1. A related argument warns that the legislation threatens to politicize lender-of-last-resort decisions .
- 2. Qin gang also warned australia not to exaggerate or politicize the arrests .
- 3. And I likeit thatmy mom doesn 't politicize her beliefs .
- 4. He also stressed that russia did not politicize both natural gas and ideological differences .
- 5. In response , house and senate republicans accused democrats of trying to politicize the iraq issue for their own political gain .