exclusivism
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There were none of the usual accompaniments of royalty or exclusivism considered essential under aristocratic forms to impress the people with the dignity and gravity of a great occasion.
From History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, by the House of Representatives, and his trial by the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, 1868 by Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson)
Its natural instinct will be for exclusivism, the club-idea, conservatism and cosiness; it will, if left to itself, revel in the middle-aged atmosphere and exhibit the middle-aged point of view.
From The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day by Underhill, Evelyn
They are still far from the exclusivism and the protectionism which are to be shown with so much emphasis in the municipal life of the fourteenth century.
From The Stages in the Social History of Capitalism by Pirenne, Henri
John 3:16—"For God so loved the world" was a startling truth to Nicodemus in his narrow exclusivism.
From The Great Doctrines of the Bible by Evans, William
During the period just following the expulsion of the Dutch the Portuguese government was not able to enforce its policy of commercial exclusivism.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
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