politicalize

politicalize
\\pəˈlid.ə̇kəˌlīz\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s)
: to make political : imbue with politics

the total state which seeks to politicalize everything — Saturday Review

combats the effort to politicalize literature — C.I.Glicksberg

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/peuh lit"i keuh luyz'/, v.t., politicalized, politicalizing.
to cause to be political; color with politics.
Also, esp. Brit., politicalise.
[1865-70; POLITICAL + -IZE]

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