Meanings
present singular third person politicizes · participle present politicizing · participle past politicized · past politicized · alternative politicise
- transitiveTo give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue.
My parents started politicizing the weather as soon as they opened their snowplow business.
- transitiveTo 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سَيَّسَ
- سَيَّسَ (sayyasa)to give something political characteristics
Bulgarian занима́вам се с поли́тика, политизи́рам
- занима́вам се с поли́тика (zanimávam se s polítika)to engage in or discuss politics
- политизи́рам (politizíram)to give something political characteristics
Catalan polititzar, polititzar
- polititzarto give something political characteristics
- polititzarto make someone politically active
Chinese Mandarin 政治化
- 政治化 (zhèngzhìhuà)to give something political characteristics
Czech politizovat
- politizovatto give something political characteristics
Finnish politikoida, politisoida
- politikoidato engage in or discuss politics
- politisoidato give something political characteristics
- politisoidato make someone politically active
French politiser
- politiserto give something political characteristics
German politisieren, politisieren
- politisierento give something political characteristics
- politisierento make someone politically active
Greek πολιτικοποιώ, πολιτικοποιώ
- πολιτικοποιώ (politikopoió)to give something political characteristics
- πολιτικοποιώ (politikopoió)to make someone politically active
Hungarian politizál
- politizálto engage in or discuss politics
Italian politicizzare, politicizzare
- politicizzareto give something political characteristics
- politicizzareto make someone politically active
Japanese 政治化する
- 政治化する (seijika suru)to give something political characteristics
Korean 정치화하다
- 정치화하다 (jeongchihwahada)to give something political characteristics
Polish upolityczniać, upolitycznić
- upolityczniaćto give something political characteristics
- upolitycznićto give something political characteristics
Portuguese politizar, politizar
- politizarto give something political characteristics
- politizarto make someone politically active
Romanian politiza
- politizato give something political characteristics
Russian занима́ться поли́тикой, политизи́ровать
- занима́ться поли́тикой (zanimátʹsja polítikoj)to engage in or discuss politics
- политизи́ровать (politizírovatʹ)to give something political characteristics
Spanish politizar, politizar
- politizarto give something political characteristics
- politizarto make someone politically active
Swedish politisera, politisera
- politiserato give something political characteristics
- politiserato make someone politically active
Ukrainian політизува́ти
- політизува́ти (polityzuváty)to give something political characteristics
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with politicize
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politicize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politicize
“politicize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politicize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “politicize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/politicize.
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