exclusivistn.
rare.
One who maintains the exclusive validity (of a theory).
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1885 Gladstone in 19th Cent. Nov. 701 The field of Greek mythology..is the favorite sporting-ground of the exclusivists of the solar theory.
Draft additions 1993
Characterized by or typical of exclusivism; spec. of a (usually religious) doctrine or belief or its adherents: claiming a monopoly of truth.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [adjective]
exclusive1515
exclusory1585
exclusionary1849
uninclusive1864
exclusivist1960
exclusivistic1961
the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] > exclusive
exclusivist1960
exclusivistic1961
1960 C. Geertz Relig. Java x. 126 A unique, exclusivist, universalist religion demanding total surrender to a distant God and dedicated to an eternal struggle against the unbeliever.
1964 Listener 8 Oct. 557/1 Britain..had mainly herself to blame when the Americans took a largely exclusivist line.
1973 B. R. Wilson Magic & Millennium xii. 385 Communal allegiance, rather than exclusivist individual choice, is the more evident phenomenon.
1986 Parl. Affairs 39 384 Radical and exclusivist Communist parties can only truly represent the extreme fringes of national politics.
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