politicize
verb (used with object)
politicized
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past participleof politicize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof politicize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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It is clothed and unclothed; decorated and distorted; idealized, stylized, politicized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
As the cautionary 1945 fable “Animal Farm” memorably shows, George Orwell had some thoughts about the Soviet Union and the terrible folly in politicized moralism.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Support for police can be politicized these days, but backing for K-9s still crosses party lines.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Perhaps McAuliffe meant merely that K-12 schools should not become politicized.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
Burns too could have governed, debated in National Assemblies; politicized, as few could.
From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
