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exclusion

[ ik-skloo-zhuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of excluding.
  2. the state of being excluded.
  3. Physiology. a keeping apart; blocking of an entrance.


exclusion

/ ɪkˈskluːʒən /

noun

  1. the act or an instance of excluding or the state of being excluded


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Derived Forms

  • exˈclusionary, adjective

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Other Words From

  • ex·clu·sion·ar·y adjective
  • non·ex·clu·sion noun
  • pre·ex·clu·sion noun
  • self-ex·clu·sion noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of exclusion1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin exclūsiōn- (stem of exclūsiō ), equivalent to exclūs(us) (past participle of exclūdere “to shut out”; exclude ) + -iōn- -ion

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Example Sentences

When you talk about the four threats to American democracy, three of your four — polarization, racial exclusion and economic inequality — in their most toxic forums are currently represented by the GOP much more so than by the Democratic Party.

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Feminist theorists have sometimes expressed reservations about the extent to which a legal system designed by men to the exclusion of women can ever be fully appropriated to achieve equality for women.

That has already, to some extent, broken up the strict exclusion of single-family zones.

And, exclusions are allowed at both the ad group and campaign levels.

“With humans, we’ve been fixated on this one thing, almost to the exclusion of a lot of other ideas,” Dunsworth said.

The fashion industry could never, would never, state its exclusion of black models overtly.

Or you may not have many—or any—friends, recasting your social exclusion as brave defiance of social norms.

I stomached the Chinese Exclusion Acts and the Riots of 1871.

“The ultimate tool they use is social exclusion,” says Benenson.

Compared to men, they are terribly worried about social exclusion, and for good reason.

This is an instance of Inclusion as to the men, of Exclusion and Concurrence as to date of birth and death.

If you did fail, you would try Exclusion, and you would find nothing which is the antithesis of the area of New York.

But if land is bounded by the bank or shore of a stream, or by other words of clearly evident exclusion, the stream is excluded.

Under this plan of life, in seeming to serve India to the exclusion of every other country I do not harm any other country.

Secondly, the rigid exclusion of personal indulgence trains the inmates in the virtue of self-control.

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