Usually means: Making an issue politically charged.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word politicize:

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  1. politicize: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. politicize: Merriam-Webster
  3. politicize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. politicize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. politicize: Collins English Dictionary
  6. politicize: Vocabulary.com
  7. Politicize, politicize: Wordnik
  8. politicize: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. politicize: Wiktionary
  10. politicize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. politicize: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. politicize: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. politicize: Dictionary.com
  14. politicize: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. politicize: Rhymezone
  16. politicize: FreeDictionary.org
  17. politicize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. politicize: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Politicize: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See politicization as well.)

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verb:  (intransitive) To discuss politics.
verb:  (transitive) To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue.
verb:  (transitive) To make someone politically active or aware.

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