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exclusivize en · VERB

Etymology

From exclusive + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make exclusive.
   • 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:
   • Today, we tend to compartmentalize or exclusivize our thinking far too much. 1971, Norman H. Crowhurst, Electronic musical instruments:

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