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exclusivize

exclusivize verb: to make exclusive.

Verb

exclusivize (third-person singular simple present exclusivizes, present participle exclusivizing, simple past and past participle exclusivized)

  1. (transitive) To make exclusive.
    • Today, we tend to compartmentalize or exclusivize our thinking far too much.1971, Norman H. Crowhurst, Electronic musical instruments
    • It was probably this ecumenism, or syncretism, that made Mecca so little susceptible to the exclusivizing attractions of Christianity or Judaism. What was the icon, in the eyes of the Quraysh, but one more idol among very many?2007, Daniel C. Peterson, Muhammad, prophet of God, page 31

Forms of exclusivize

third-person singular presentexclusivizes
present participleexclusivizing
past participleexclusivized
pastexclusivized

Origin of exclusivize

From exclusive + -ize.

Questions about exclusivize

What does exclusivize mean?
Exclusivize means to make exclusive.
What part of speech is exclusivize?
Exclusivize is a verb.
What is the past tense of exclusivize?
The past tense of exclusivize is exclusivized.

Words near exclusivize in the dictionary

  1. exclusivistic
  2. exclusivists
  3. exclusivities
  4. exclusivity
  5. exclusivization
  6. exclusivize
  7. exclusivized
  8. exclusivizes
  9. exclusivizing
  10. exclusory
  11. exco

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