depoliticizev.
/diːpəˈlɪtɪsʌɪz/ transitive. To render non-political, to remove from the sphere of political activity or influence. Also absol.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > engage in politics [verb (transitive)] > remove from sphere of politics
depoliticalize1859
depoliticize1960
1960 Guardian 19 Sept. 8/2 The distribution of irrigation water is easier to ‘depoliticise’ than, say, the status of Kashmir.
1963 Economist 9 Feb. 533/3 Spokesmen of the People's Party, aware of the political dynamite involved in any large-scale attack on the nationalised empire, have stressed that their aim is to ‘de-politicise’ rather than de-nationalise.
1970 Guardian 23 Dec. 3/7 To denationalise and depoliticise Jerusalem is..the first practical step towards preparing a long-term plan for Jerusalem's future.
Derivatives
depoˌliticiˈzation n.
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1928 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 10/6 The ‘depoliticisation’ of the public services... The entire public services [in Jugoslavia] have come to be regarded as existing to enable political leaders to reward their followers for party services.
depoˈliticized adj.
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1937 New Statesman 4 Sept. 329/2 ‘Don't talk politics to us,’ a bank clerk said to me, ‘we [sc. the Germans] are a depoliticised people. We know we can know nothing, and anyhow knowledge is dangerous here.’
1937 New Statesman 4 Sept. 329/2 For it is the intelligent of all classes who are de-politicised.
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