politicizeverb [ T often passive ]
UK usually politicise uk/pəˈlɪt.ɪ.saɪz/us/pəˈlɪt̬.ə.saɪz/to make something or someone political, or more involved in or conscious of political matters:
The whole issue has become increasingly politicized.
a highly politicized debate
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- political science
- politics
- polity
- populism
- populist
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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