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POLITICIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does politicize mean?
• POLITICIZE (verb)
The verb POLITICIZE has 1 sense:
1. give a political character to
Familiarity information: POLITICIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they politicize ... he / she / it politicizes
Past simple: politicized
Past participle: politicized
-ing form: politicizing
Past simple: politicized
Past participle: politicized
-ing form: politicizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give a political character to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
politicise; politicize
Context example:
politicize the discussion
Hypernyms (to "politicize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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