exclusivityn.
/ɛkskluːˈsɪvɪti/ = exclusiveness n., exclusivism n.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [noun]
exclusiveness1727
exclusivity1926
society > society and the community > [noun] > social group > exclusive > principle or practice of being
exclusivism1834
exclusivity1926
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > quality of being particular or not general > fact of belonging to a particular thing or person
peculiarness1573
propriety1625
properness1630
exclusiveness1727
exclusivism1834
exclusivity1926
1926 Science 2 July 5 From the reactions of oxidation we deduce the principle of the exclusivity of oxidation.
1930 Economist 20 Dec. 1166/2 Inducing his Party not to accompany their acceptance of his request for their cooperation with any declaration of ‘exclusivity’ against M. Tardieu or anybody else.
1934 E. Pound ABC of Reading 183 The plenum of letters is not bounded by primaeval exclusivity.
1960 ‘M. Caine’ S Man 107 There is nothing society clings to so determinedly as the notion of exclusivity.
1967 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing (ed. 2) xi. 130 He took an exclusivity contract and presently got me an engagement in Mexico City.
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