exclusiveness
- noun
- /ɪkˈsklusɪvnəs/
- Her tendency for exclusiveness often left others feeling excluded from the conversation.
It is not exclusiveness, it is inclusiveness.
- It is not exclusiveness, it is inclusiveness.
- That was the exclusive exclusiveness era, exclusivist.
Examples
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Do you have some sort of exclusiveness agreement with your publisher (or publishers) that would prevent that?
Blog text (1) -
Not only are gender divisions important, but so is the exclusiveness of role distribution and its implications for resource allocation and the distribution of power.
Academic text (2008) -
"The period of exclusiveness is past.
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So much for exclusiveness, even in the hold of an American passenger ship.
Academic text (1993) -
The exclusiveness of a state's powers over all persons and all facts in its territory is recognized.
Academic text (1992) -
Mostly, it means sapping the cultural exclusiveness of our schools, offices, clubs, associations, and political parties.
Academic text (2006) -
Thus, the principle of cooperation denies to some extent the exclusiveness of states' rights.
Academic text (1998) -
Tanzania's Asian society, conversely, was known for its exclusiveness, which discouraged Africans from integrating into Asian communities and vice versa.
Academic text (1998) -
The exclusiveness of the private club makes it hard for outsiders to join.
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The exclusiveness of the event meant that only a select few were invited.
Synonyms
A situation when someone is not allowed to join or take part in a group
The act of separating people or things into different groups, often by law
The state of being limited to a small group and not shared with others
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
A limited range of ideas, knowledge, or choices
A habit of spending time only with a small group and ignoring others
Limiting what people can do
To keep some people or ideas out of groups and decisions on purpose
A practice of not letting some people join a group
A habit of staying close to a small group and avoiding outsiders
Antonyms
Compounds
A situation where two things cannot both happen or be true at the same time
How Exclusive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word exclusiveness comes from the parts ex- 'out' and clude from an old word meaning 'close', the same root you see in exclude and exclusive. Think of someone closing a door to keep others out. That's why exclusiveness means keeping a small, chosen group and not letting others join.