Meanings
verbLochnerize (third-person singular simple present Lochnerizes, present participle Lochnerizing, simple past and past participle Lochnerized)
present singular third person Lochnerizes · participle present Lochnerizing · participle past Lochnerized · past Lochnerized · alternative lochnerize
- USintransitivelawTo read one's policy preferences into the Constitution, as was (allegedly) done by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1905 case Lochner v. New York.
Origin
From Lochner + -ize; from Lochner v. New York, the title of a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1905.
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Lochnerize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lochnerize
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“Lochnerize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lochnerize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lochnerize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lochnerize.
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