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.

   • 2025 March 20, Cameron Joseph, “Panicked Democratic voters are turning on their own leaders”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     Across the country, Democratic voters who have been reeling from Mr. Trump’s sweeping and possibly illegal cuts to government, his head-spinning policy moves, and his politicization of federal law enforcement are growing more and more incensed at their own party’s seemingly feckless response.

Antonyms

• depoliticization

Derived terms

• overpoliticization
• repoliticization

Related terms

• politicize

Translations

the state of being or process of becoming politicized

Arabic: تَسْيِيس m (tasyīs) Belarusian: палітыза́цыя f (palityzácyja) Bulgarian: политиза́ция f (politizácija) Catalan: politització f Chinese: Mandarin: 政治化 (zh) (zhèngzhìhuà) Czech: politizace f French: politisation (fr) f Galician: politización (gl) f German: Politisierung f Indonesian: politisasi (id) Italian: politicizzazione (it) f Japanese: 政治化 (せいじか, seijika) Korean: 정치화(政治化) (jeongchihwa) Macedonian: политизација f (politizacija) Malay: pempolitikan Polish: upolitycznienie (pl) n Portuguese: politização (pt) f Romanian: politizare (ro) f Russian: политиза́ция (ru) f (politizácija) Slovak: politizácia f Spanish: politización f, politicización f, politiquización f Ukrainian: політиза́ція f (polityzácija)

Further reading

• “politicization”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.