exclusivism

American  

[ik-skloo-suh-viz-uhm, -zuh-] / ɪkˈsklu səˌvɪz əm, -zə- /

noun

1. the practice of being exclusive.

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Other Word Forms

• exclusivist noun
• exclusivistic adjective

Etymology

Origin of exclusivism

First recorded in 1825–35; exclusive + -ism

Example Sentences

On the other hand, the use of distinguishing terms like "ethnic group" and "race" breeds racism, small-mindedness, and exclusivism, so perhaps it would be better to employ terms like "humanity" or "Earth people."

From Down with the Cities by Nakashima, Tadashi

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

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

One was the principle of colonial exclusivism, according to which all the trade of the colonies was to be reserved to the mother country.

From The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Haring, Clarence Henry

But there should be no encouragement of introspection, none of the false mystery or so-called reverence with which these subjects are sometimes surrounded, and above all no spirit of exclusivism.

From The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day by Underhill, Evelyn