exclusivisticadj.
/ɛkskluːsɪˈvɪstɪk/ Characterized by exclusivism, exclusivist.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [adjective]
exclusive1515
exclusory1585
exclusionary1849
uninclusive1864
exclusivist1960
exclusivistic1961
the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] > exclusive
exclusivist1960
exclusivistic1961
1961 in N. Webster
1968 J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. 11 While denying admission to most studies in psycholinguistics and in mass communication, I have not tried to be similarly exclusivistic with respect to studies of an anthropological, historical, social-psychological or political science nature.
1977 S. Bacchiocchi From Sabbath to Sunday ii. 56 The..exclusivistic notion that the sabbath was not for the Gentiles.
1980 S. Karlinsky in L. Michaels & C. B. Ricks State of Lang. 536 It [sc. English] can also be perceived as elegant, exclusivistic, and even aristocratic.
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