politicize
verb/pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz/
Etymology From politic + -ize.
1
To engage in or discuss politics.
2
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
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:
- Synonyms
- politize
- Antonyms
- depoliticize
- Derived terms
- depoliticization, depoliticize, overpoliticize, politicizable, politicization, politicizer, repoliticize
- Related terms
- politicalize