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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

I was no better than she was, nor worse for that matter We were both guilty of the sin of self-regard, the pride and the exclusiveness by which we cut some people off from ourselves.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell