exclusivismn.
/ɛkˈskluːsɪvɪz(ə)m/ The principle or practice of being exclusive; systematic exclusiveness.
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society > society and the community > [noun] > social group > exclusive > principle or practice of being
exclusivism1834
exclusivity1926
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > quality of being particular or not general > fact of belonging to a particular thing or person
peculiarness1573
propriety1625
properness1630
exclusiveness1727
exclusivism1834
exclusivity1926
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 598 Exclusivism, —or the principle of keeping others without a certain pale, and boasting of being within ourselves.
1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 798 That spirit of gain or exclusivism which has seized those who are called the owners of the streams.
1887 A. Lang Myth, Ritual & Relig. II. 280 We may deprecate the charge of exclusivism.
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