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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
politicize
verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Sheppard cautioned against politicizing the study's findings.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All Jack ever admitted to reading was the sports pages, and Polly had dreamt of politicizing him.
▪ Implicit in that demand is the widespread sentiment among Republicans that Democrats egregiously politicized the ethics process during the Gingrich probe.
▪ It is highly unlikely that any formal moves will be made to politicize senior civil service appointments.
▪ Or should we politicize the principle of altruism on the grounds that it is no more than enlightened self-interest?
▪ The civil service found itself penetrated and politicized in the mid-1980s in a manner unknown since the days of Lloyd George.
▪ The experiences of 1966 and the imprisonment of the three ministers politicized a number of ministers and elders in this way.
▪ The long-distance market is less politicized, he says.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
politicize

1758, "take up politics," from politics + -ize. Meaning "to render political" is from 1846. Related: Politicized; politicizing. Earlier was politize (late 16c.), but this was rare.

Wiktionary
politicize

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To discuss politics 2 (context transitive English) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue 3 (context transitive English) To make someone politically active or aware

WordNet
politicize

v. give a political character to; "politicize the discussion" [syn: politicise]

Usage examples of "politicize".

Senate floor, portrayed himself as having spent months refusing to believe the White House would ever politicize the war.

Democrats intend to politicize what should be a bipartisan, objective review of prewar intelligence.

Every attempt to politicize scientific knowledge has been an unmitigated disaster.

The Iraqi Army began the Iran-Iraq War as one of the most heavily politicized forces in modern history but ended it as one of the most professional a modern Arab state has ever fielded.

On the board, was often wearied by the frequently politicized squabbles ever which of many underfunded legal projects should be stinted.

In the centuries that followed, as the popes got a grip, the church became centralized, legalized, politicized, militarized.

The sudden declaration of a coherent, politicized counter-strike from the ranks of hackerdom electrified the community.

Denning was unique among investigators of the computer underground in that she did not enter the debate with any set of politicized motives.

The Jackson case was also a very politicized trial, both sides deliberately angling for a long-term legal precedent that would stake-out big claims for their interests in cyberspace.

But instead of announcing his clear-cut support or opposition to war, Daschle contented himself with accusing Bush of politicizing the debate.

Bush was talking about the Homeland Security bill, Daschle seized on this quote as evidence that the president was politicizing the war.

All Jack ever admitted to reading was the sports pages, and Polly had dreamt of politicizing him.

State Department and to the aiji tonight simultaneously, under your seal, and just let the pieces fall where they may, without politicizing Kroger.

DeLillo, far from aestheticizing the political, seeks rather to politicize the aesthetic.

On the board, was often wearied by the frequently politicized squabbles ever which of many underfunded legal projects should be stinted.