conservatize

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verb

To make or become conservative.

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Meanings

verbconservatize (third-person singular simple present conservatizes, present participle conservatizing, simple past and past participle conservatized)

present singular third person conservatizes · participle present conservatizing · participle past conservatized · past conservatized · alternative conservatise

  1. To make or become conservative.
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    Sinsheimer, a biologist, has said in speeches that as a scientist he has to believe in a value-free science. But, says Shaw, "A belief in a value-free science ensures that those who can pay for the science, like corporations and governments, get what they want," and this has a conservatizing effect on academic research.

    1985 December 21, Tatiana Schreiber, “Lesbian-Feminist Continues Fight For Tenure”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 3

Origin

From conservative + -ize.

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APA

conservatize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservatize

MLA

“conservatize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservatize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conservatize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conservatize.

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