exclusivism
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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 Evelyn Underhill
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 Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson) Ross
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 Tadashi Nakashima
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
Monopoly or exclusivism in art, in theology, in trade, in literature, in sociology.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
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