( BrE also -ised ) adj.
VERBS
▪ be
▪ become
▪ remain
ADVERB
▪ deeply , highly , sharply
▪
The country is deeply ~.
▪
Public opinion is sharply ~ on this issue.
▪ increasingly
▪ politically , racially
PREPOSITION
▪ between
▪
In this period politics became ~ between extreme right and left.
Polarized is used with these nouns: ↑ electorate