“Politicized” or “Politicised”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “politicized” and 3 prefer “politicised”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	politicized	politicised	Preference
United States	94	6	“politicized”
United Kingdom	28	72	“politicised”
India	39	61	“politicised”
Philippines	100	0	“politicized”
Canada	100	0	“politicized”
Australia	0	100	“politicised”
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.

“politicized”

…to be flaunted, praised or politicized.
…an epitome of corrupt and politicized pseudo-science in post-war Germany.
In 1976, during a politicized trial with the members of…
They are highly politicized processes that represent the will…
…a pariah in the highly politicized prison system" and that he…
[It] politicized me."
…her respect for their more politicized stance, as opposed to the…
…Encyclopædia Britannica as a more politicized version of Johann Wolfgang von…
These politicized and one-sided resolutions are damaging…
…the Great Depression, Johnson became politicized and turned leftward, joining the…

“politicised”

…the Inyandza National Movement had politicised the people.
…universal criticism that they had politicised the report so as not…
…to rely on were not politicised to the same degree as…
…the War Memorial in a politicised way.
…said the IT decision was politicised.
…were "deeply concerned" by the "politicised sentence", also noting that the…
…clearly how race had been politicised to divide the people.
Particularly notable were the highly politicised official tricentennial celebrations of Camões's…
…been the increasingly competitive and politicised regional airliner market in which…
…Bolero, which then became more politicised.

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