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politicize, v.|pəʊˈlɪtɪsaɪz, pə-|
[f. as politic + -ize.]
1. intr. To act the politician; to discourse on or engage in politics.
1758H. Walpole Let. to Mann 11 June, But while I am politicising, I forget to tell you half the purport of my letter. 1759Ibid. 13 Sept., Not to politicize too much, I believe the world will come to be fought for somewhere between the North of Germany and the back of Canada. 1840Carlyle Heroes v. (1872) 177 Burns..could have governed, debated in National Assemblies; politicised, as few could. 1892Pall Mall G. 3 Dec. 2/2 We talk and squabble and politicize about education as a vote-catching agency.
2. trans. To render political, give a political character to.
1846Grote Greece i. xi. I. 285 It was the tendency of the enlightened men of Athens, from the days of Solôn downwards, to refine and politicise the character of Thêseus. Ibid. xiv. 351 Conôn..historicises and politicises the whole legend. 1887Hour Glass I. 60 The opinion of a literature-taster..whose intellectual palate is so ‘politicised’ that he detects a smack of the hustings where there is none. 1962S. E. Finer Man on Horseback xii. 236 Such parties..seek to dominate and politicize all politically important voluntary bodies outside their ranks. 1970Guardian 5 June 11/7 The skinheads who Mr Powell has managed to politicise. 1978Time 3 July 38/1 We're not out to politicize the White House..but we've got to use the political resources we have better than before.
Hence poˈliticized ppl. a., interested or involved in politics, politically motivated; poˈliticizing ppl. a. and vbl. n., talking politics, the action or process of rendering political.
1848Blackw. Mag. LXIII. 578 Besides the politicising and haranguing crowds..your course is hemmed by countless others. 1887Contemp. Rev. Nov. 711 Politicizing sophists threaten to be a perfect curse to India. 1887[see politicize v. 2]. 1971Daily Tel. 17 Aug. 10 Any danger in this arises from the majority of viewers being..unaware of the bias as they watch it because most people are manifestly less politicised. 1975R. Butt in Cox & Boyson Black Paper 1975 43/1 In this single statement, the politicizing of education in an entirely new sense—namely that it is now the vehicle used by those who, in varying degrees, wish to change the cultural basis of society—is explicit. 1977N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 50/4 (Advt.), I am a politicized, socialist, would-be scholar deeply isolated from academic radicalism. |