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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depoliticize.

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Examples

  • Decentralized market competition is the best option because, he says, "it depoliticizes responsibility for decision-making."

    Single Payer, Many Faults Joseph Rago 2010

  • Decentralized market competition is the best option because, he says, "it depoliticizes responsibility for decision-making."

    Single Payer, Many Faults Joseph Rago 2010

  • The most disappointing thing about Bobby was the way the film depoliticizes, dehistoricizes the assassination.

    I Went to See Bobby and Found It Moving, Somehow Inadequate 2006

  • The most disappointing thing about Bobby was the way the film depoliticizes, dehistoricizes the assassination.

    I Went to See Bobby and Found It Moving, Somehow Inadequate 2006

  • This leveling effect depoliticizes the social powers and conditions that produced these individuals, populations or movements.

    Orientalist Kitsch | PopPolitics.com 2002

  • Q So if we spread the aid around that depoliticizes the entire --

    Pm Briefing By George Stephanopoulos ITY National Archives 1993

  • The same sleight of hand applies today, a masterful trick of legalese that shifts attention from economy to ontology, depoliticizes protest by talking up service delivery, and quells discontent by casting a discursive veil of protection over the poor.

    MRZine.org 2010

  • Walter's friendly nature-hike approach instantly depoliticizes the issue.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Targeting Mrs. Obama's involvement mainly to women "is effective, because she depoliticizes it for people," said Jennifer Palmieri, a former Clinton administration aide who closely tracks health care issues.

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  • It depoliticizes further a society already lacking in political option, shoehorning the PAP as the only legitimate, viable and reasonable party available to rational voters.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2009

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