“Politicization” or “Politicisation”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “politicization” and 2 prefer “politicisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	politicization	politicisation	Preference
United States	96	4	“politicization”
United Kingdom	33	67	“politicisation”
India	55	45	“politicization”
Philippines	100	0	“politicization”
Canada	100	0	“politicization”
Australia	19	81	“politicisation”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“politicization”

…staff because of poor remuneration, politicization of the institution, purges of…
"Litigating the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Politicization of U.S. Federal Courtrooms."
…Relations, he elaborated on the politicization of intelligence on which he…
He also warned against the "politicization of the country's security forces…
…absent due to excessive public politicization and ideological chaos.
…air pollution, its budget, and politicization of Games preparations.
…particular the Regional Water Establishments; politicization of decision-making; the absence of…
…James Mattis concerning "the overt politicization of the military" with the…
…as an example of the "politicization of health policy" that went…
…Palestine, they embodied the growing politicization and left-wing radicalization of the…

“politicisation”

ZANLA concentrated on the politicisation of the rural areas using…
Neckel resisted the politicisation of his department at Berlin…
…and subsequent differences in nationalistic politicisation would have profound impacts on…
…Dutch, the Japanese facilitated the politicisation of Indonesians down to the…
…by Labour for the perceived politicisation of this nominally independent panel,…
…in protest to the continued politicisation of the Cup before eventually…
…Protect: The UN and the Politicisation of Human Rights.
…some controversy with respect to politicisation of that office and similar…
…media and ICT, on the politicisation and mobilisation of ethnic minorities,…
…of the Zimbabwe National Army's politicisation.

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