释义 |
exclusiveness|ɛkˈskluːsɪvnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being exclusive; the desire or tendency to exclude others; exclusive character.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Exclusiveness, exclusive quality. 1827Hare Guesses Ser. ii. (1873) 340 Exclusiveness arises from the monopolizing spirit of selfishness. 1845R. Jebb in Encycl. Metrop. II. 715/1 The exclusiveness of property. 1882M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. vii. 136 There were others who preferred the exclusiveness of a separate table. |