politicization

English

Alternative forms

• politicisation (British)

Etymology

From politicize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pə-lĭt'-ĭ-sĭ-zā'-shən, IPA^(key): /pəˌlɪt.ɪ.sɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

politicization (usually uncountable, plural politicizations)

1. (politics) The state of being (or process of becoming) politicized
   • 2024 November 14, Anna Mulrine Grobe, “Worries rise over a Trump ‘warrior board’ to remove officers ‘unfit for leadership’”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     This potential politicization of the military comes with opportunity costs to U.S. national security, says Joseph Nunn, counsel in the Liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for Justice, an independent law and policy think tank.

Antonyms

• depoliticization

Related terms

• politicize

Translations

The state of being or process of becoming politicized

• Catalan: politització f
• Czech: politizace f
• French: politisation (fr) f
• Galician: politización (gl) f
• German: Politisierung f
• Indonesian: politisasi (id)
• Italian: politicizzazione (it) f
• Malay: pempolitikan
• Polish: upolitycznienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: politização (pt) f
• Romanian: politizare (ro) f
• Russian: политизация (ru) f (politizacija)
• Spanish: politización f
• Ukrainian: політизація f (polityzacija)

Further reading

• “politicization”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.