Politicize Edit Meaning

1.

A word to refer to a social issue that already has a public interest element, thus, is already political in character, but is used to give a negative implication to someone else wanting to examine the interests at stake.

We shouldn't allow the opposition to politicize this issue.

See Tom

2.

to make people and orginizations more politically active

She wanted to politicize the organization and give it more strength.

See political, apathy, revolutionary, renegade, subversive