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exclusiveness

American  
[ik-skloo-siv-nis, -ziv-nis] / ɪkˈsklu sɪv nɪs, -zɪv nɪs /

noun

  1. the quality or state of being exclusive.


Example Sentences

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It exuded a sense of cool and exclusiveness that was pushed by the company's former CEO Mike Jeffries.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2022

After the Waldorf Hotel opened in March 1893, the writer Oliver Herford quipped that it “brought exclusiveness to the masses.”

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2017

Still, for all its apparent exclusiveness, country has always been accepting of squares, outcasts, and has-beens.

From Slate • May 21, 2013

Once it becomes a more locally sourced vehicle, it might take some exclusiveness away.

From Reuters • Jan. 8, 2010

He disagreed with some of his colleagues on the issue of racial exclusiveness and inched closer to the ideas of the ANC.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela