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exclusionism

American  
[ik-skloo-zhuh-niz-uhm] / ɪkˈsklu ʒəˌnɪz əm /

noun

  1. the principle, policy, or practice of exclusion, as from rights or privileges.


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Etymology

Origin of exclusionism

First recorded in 1840–50; exclusion + -ism


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So the scientific reactionists, who have rabidly fought the preceding, because it was the preceding: and the scientific prudes, who, in sheer exclusionism, have held lean hands over pale eyes, denying falls of sulphur.

From The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort

Our acceptance is that the passing away of exclusionism is a phenomenon of the twentieth century: that gods of the twentieth century will sustain our notions be they ever so unwashed and frowsy.

From The Book of the Damned by Charles Fort

This is a domain that mocks at legislative restrictions, caste, exclusionism and what not.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Daniel Wallace Culp

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