单词 | conservatizing |
释义 | conservatizingadj. That makes a person or thing conservative, or more conservative; that conservatizes. ΚΠ 1849 A. H. Clough Let. 29 Oct. (1957) I. 274 The natural conservatizing character of our years after 30. 1883 Contemp. Rev. June 881 If there was anything specially Conservative and Conservatizing about it, why did he not realize it? 1912 Times 5 Jan. 10/6 This..conservatizing tendency in education had had to borrow a good deal from the..effervescence of Rousseauism. 1982 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 June vii. 3 [The] inevitable conservatizing process that, the cynical established wisdom tells us, always accompanies maturity. 2005 Observer 7 Aug. i. 26/3 The conservatising, homogenising forces of globalisation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1849 |
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