Usually means: Make less liberal or free.
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  1. illiberalize: Merriam-Webster
  2. illiberalize: Wordnik
  3. illiberalize: Wiktionary
  4. Illiberalize: Dictionary.com
  5. Illiberalize: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. illiberalize: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Illiberalize: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. illiberalize: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Illiberalize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  (transitive, now rare) To make illiberal.

Similar:
illiberalise, deliberalize, democratize, neoliberalize, libellize, abnormalize, irrationalize, de-Islamize, irrationalise, undemocratize, more...

Opposite:
liberalize, democratize, free, open up

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Similar:
illiberalise, deliberalize, democratize, neoliberalize, libellize, abnormalize, irrationalize, de-Islamize, irrationalise, undemocratize, more...

Opposite:
liberalize, democratize, free, open up



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