depoliticization
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- noun
- /ˌdiːpəˌlɪtɪsəˈzeɪʃən/
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despolitización
- The depoliticization of social issues allows people to focus more on practical solutions.
- the depoliticization of the military
- process of depoliticization
Examples
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Decentralization and depoliticization of the education system are characteristics of a democracy.
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The biosphere-reserve model, however, compels a depoliticization of local and regional landscapes.
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"The society is," he said, "dedicated to the depoliticization of our profession."
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The process of the military's depoliticization, in all countries discussed in this article, began shortly after the changes took place.
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The strategy of depoliticization that ensured their survival into the 1990s may now lead to their demise in the coming decade.
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And Katz points in particular to a general depoliticization in American life that undercuts communities' likelihood for civil action.
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But it also compels a depoliticization of the relationships between them, disregarding myriad ways in which politics shapes the environment.
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Ideological passions have cooled, depoliticization has taken place, and consumerism has triumphed.
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Even the most competent commentators on Chinese military affairs have significantly revised their assessments of the decade-long progressive "depoliticization" and increasing professionalization of the People's Liberation Army.
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In contrast, President Chamorro and her principal advisor Antonio Lacayo favored a policy of national reconciliation that balanced calls for military depoliticization and subordination with a willingness to respect the army's institutional integrity.
Academic text (2003)
Antonyms
How Political
Surface Forms
Morphology
depoliticization = depoliticize (transparent) = de + politic + ize + ation
This is a standard abstract noun formed from the verb 'depoliticize', meaning the process or result of making something less political.
Etymology
Depoliticization starts with de- meaning 'remove' and the politic part is the same root as politics, which long ago meant the 'city' or public affairs. So depoliticization is the process of taking political control or influence away from something.