exclusionist
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8.5
- adjective
- /ɪkˈskluːʒənɪst/
- Offensive
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exclusionista
- The exclusionist approach to immigration led to widespread criticism and protests.
Examples
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Chartier's investigations on Early Modern France interrogate monolithic and exclusionist notions of culture as a product of merely written and urban traditions.
Academic text (2002) -
The committee adopted an exclusionist policy that prevented certain groups from joining the organization.
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The push for economic solidarity within the Lithuanian neighborhoods sometimes took on a very exclusionist tone in other ways as well.
Academic text (1998) -
Our thesis here is, of course, far from advocating an exclusionist hands-off politics.
Academic text (1995) -
Over time, this exclusionist policy has become disconnected from its origins; the initial context that gave rise to it has come to have a life of its own and is accepted as an integral part of the general state of affairs.
Academic text (2002) -
Harassment took an exclusionist turn in late October 1892, when twenty-five or thirty men went to the residences of Paragould's African-American population and issued notification that they should leave within three days and nights.
Academic text (2010) -
Little do they realize how much the endorsement and support of statements like Mourdock's move us toward being an ass-backward failure of a theocracy like most of the countries they hate (also because of their exclusionist, hate-mongering religious beliefs).
Blog text (8) -
He believed that dedicating one's existence to educating the Japanese and Hakujin (White people) about each other would help to diminish and eventually eliminate exclusionist arguments.
Academic text (2016) -
Thus do liberals or progressives, or whatever we’re supposed to be calling ourselves, live up to our reputation for using lofty, smug, self-referential, and exclusionist language rather than speaking in real, concrete terms.
Blog text (2) -
Many activists oppose the exclusionist practices that marginalize vulnerable communities in society.
Synonyms
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4.6
Not willing to accept people who have different opinions or beliefs
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7.0
Believing some people are better and should get special treatment
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7.8
Showing strong, unfair dislike of people with different beliefs or backgrounds
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7.2
Not allowing certain people or groups to join activities
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9.1
Being afraid of or hating people from other countries
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8.2
Forming small groups that make other people feel unwelcome
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8.8
Keeping membership limited to a small chosen group
Accepting only one group or idea and not allowing other views
Antonyms
How Exclusive
- Offensive
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6.0
- Offensive
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7.2
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word exclusionist comes from the parts ex- meaning 'out' and clude meaning 'shut', the same root you see in close and include. So an exclusionist attitude is about 'shutting out' people or groups.