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exclusionary

exclusionary

16 7.2
Not allowing certain people or groups to join activities
  • adjective
  • /ɪkˈskluːʒəˌnɛri/
translation icon : excluyente
  • Overall, Hispanic students were over-represented in most exclusionary discipline actions, followed by African-American and AI/AN students.
  • exclusionary discipline
  • exclusionary clause
  • exclusionary practices

African women do not have the luxury of weaving exclusionary feminist narratives.

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Examples

  • In contrast, the universities' position could be made to look exclusionary and elitist.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our focus was on proportionate representation in exclusionary disciplinary actions and in the duration of those actions.

    Academic text (2012)
  • But when it comes to the Olympics, the Olympics is exclusionary between men and women.

  • Unfortunately, the use of exclusionary discipline practices appears to have increased over the last decade.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In October, the US sued Google for using a web of exclusionary deals to lock out competitors in the search business.

  • In this way, the students will be exploring ways to liberate themselves from exclusionary practices.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Faced with contests over public spending, the program applied exclusionary criteria, among them a woman's ability to earn.

    Academic text (1995)
  • School psychologists can reduce reliance on exclusionary discipline by helping teachers and administrators to improve research-based behavior support.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The committee implemented exclusionary rules that prevented non-members from attending the meetings.

  • Many countries have exclusionary policies that limit immigration from certain regions.

Synonyms

exclusive
vsexclusionary
399 5.4

Only for one person, group, or purpose and not shared

is about actively keeping others from joining or participating
restrictive
vsexclusionary
52 4.7

Limits what people can do by rules or laws

focuses specifically on stopping people joining rather than broad limits
exclusivist
vsexclusionary
1 8.8

Keeping membership limited to a small chosen group

acts to prevent participation without focusing on ideology
exclusionist
vsexclusionary
  • Offensive
1 8.5

Supporting rules that keep certain people from joining a group

describes active prevention rather than only an opinion supporting it
noninclusive
vsexclusionary
6.8

Leaving out some people so not everyone feels welcome

acts to actively stop people or things from joining or taking part
gatekeeping
vsexclusionary
7.3

Having rules that stop some people from joining a group

describes preventing inclusion but not the controlling process itself

Antonyms

88 4.1

Including all the things or people mentioned, even the limits

Compounds

3 8.6

A rule that stops illegally found evidence from being used in a criminal trial

How Exclusive

discriminatory
  • Offensive
34 6.0
exclusionary
16 7.2
exclusive
399 5.4
neutral
218 3.6
inclusive
88 4.1

Surface Forms

exclusionary positive

Morphology

exclusionary = exclusion (transparent) = exclude + ion + ary

The adjective is clearly formed from the noun 'exclusion' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ary', so its meaning is directly related to excluding.

Etymology

Exclusionary comes from the parts ex- 'out' and clud/clus 'to close', which you can see in familiar words like close and include. So something exclusionary is like 'closing out' people or things, which is why it means preventing someone from joining or taking part.