conservatize

American  

[kuhn-sur-vuh-tahyz] / kənˈsɜr vəˌtaɪz /

especially British, conservatise

verb (used with or without object)

conservatized, conservatizing

1. to make or become conservative.

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Other Word Forms

• conservatization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of conservatize

First recorded in 1840–50; conservat(ive) + -ize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

conservatizing

It was the outcome of weeks of protests, many of which had been organized through social media, beyond the conservatizing control of establishment civil rights organizations.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2017

Rather than an explicitly conservative course, he preferred the law and economics program because it didn’t appear ideological, but noted that “Economic analysis tends to have conservatizing effects.”

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2016

"What we are seeing is really a conservatizing of their liberalism," says Literary Critic Irving Howe.

From Time Magazine Archive