exclusivize

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verb

To make exclusive.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person exclusivizes · participle present exclusivizing · participle past exclusivized · past exclusivized

  1. transitiveTo make exclusive.

    Today, we tend to compartmentalize or exclusivize our thinking far too much.

    1971, Norman H. Crowhurst, Electronic musical instruments
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    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

Origin

From exclusive + -ize.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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