depoliticized
past simple and past participle ofdepoliticize
depoliticize
verb[T]
(UKusuallydepoliticise)uk/ˌdiː.pɒlˈɪt.ɪ.saɪz/us/ˌdiː.pəˈlɪt̬.ə.saɪz/tocausesomething or someone to have nopoliticalconnections:
The firstjobof the newdemocraticgovernmentshould be to depoliticize thejudiciary.
He says hewantsto depoliticize theissue.
Politics - general words
- anti-capitalism
- anti-capitalist
- anti-communism
- anti-communist
- anti-fascism
- lab
- laissez-faire
- left
- left of centre
- leftist
- overstep
- parliament
- party politics
- personality cult
- pinko
- subsidiarity
- super-conservative
- Thatcherism
- the Third Way
- Tory
Examplesofdepoliticized
depoliticized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
As more of the populace is willing to sell its vote for entrance into employment and social welfare networks, national politics becomes increasinglydepoliticized.
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It is often precisely thisdepoliticized, sanitized construction of modernism that present-day critics have attacked, apparently unaware that this has always been a misrepresentation.
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Inclusivity can risk diluting the term of meaning and can overrun other categories, such as refugee and migrant, the specificity of which becomes occluded anddepoliticized.
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Strategic policymakers conflated these events, defining racial disorders as criminal, which necessitated crime control anddepoliticizedthe grievance.
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The verses parodied the poems of the era asdepoliticizedand petit-bourgeois.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Guilhot argues that control over the social sciences by monied interests hasdepoliticizedthis field and reinforced a capitalist view of modernization.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thedepoliticizednature of emo, coupled with its catchy music and accessible themes, gave it a broad appeal to young mainstream audiences.
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- on the scent
- on-the-scent
- on the shelf
- on-the-shelf
- on the side
- on-the-side
- on the sidelines
- on-the-sidelines
- on the skids
- on-the-skids
- on the slate
- on-the-slate
- on the sly
- on-the-sly
- on the spectrum
- on-the-spectrum
- on the spot
- on-the-spot
- on the spur of the moment
- on-the-spur-of-the-moment
- on the streets
- on-the-streets
- on-the-strength-of
- on the strength of something
- on the strength of sth