Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DEPOLITICIZE
Etymology
Verb
depoliticize (third-person singular simple present depoliticizes, present participle depoliticizing, simple past and past participle depoliticized)
To remove something from political influence
Antonyms
• politicize
Source: Wiktionary
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