A matrix is diagonalizable over $\mathbb F$ when it is similar over $\mathbb F$ to a diagonal matrix. It must have a basis of eigenvectors with eigenvalues in that field. A real rotation through $90^\circ$ is diagonalizable over $\mathbb C$ but not over $\mathbb R$.
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