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lochnerize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lochner-ize
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To 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.

American usage; Intransitive verb

Etymology

From Lochner + -ize; from Lochner v. New York, the title of a case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1905.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Lochnerizes (present, singular) Lochnerizing (participle, present) Lochnerized (participle, past) Lochnerized (past)

Questions

What does lochnerize mean?
To 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.
Where does lochnerize come from?
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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