exclusivism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- exclusivist noun
- exclusivistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of exclusivism
Example Sentences
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It may be questioned whether the ministers of the tycoon were ever heartily in favor of an abandonment of the policy of exclusivism.
From Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
In spite of his national, jealous, and ferocious exclusivism, he could not long resist the graces of this ideal and impersonal divinity of the Greeks.
From God and the State by Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich
Such ignorance, however, is amply excusable, as the third edition of the good Doctor's work appeared the same year that Commodore Perry was knocking at the portals of our exclusivism.
From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Nitobe, Inazo
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
But if a nation deems it politic to isolate itself from all others, has any state the right to compel that nation to abandon its exclusivism, and to receive offensive strangers as residents?
From Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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