Definition of inclusionary in English:
inclusionary
adjective ɪnˈkluːʒ(ə)nəriinˈklo͞oZHəˌnerē
Designed or intended to accommodate diversity in age, income, race, or some other category.
several clubs prefer not to adhere to the new, inclusionary policies
Example sentencesExamples
- Being inclusionary means listening to every voice.
- A more inclusionary canon that draws on works that come out of the ethnic experience or the experience of women is, we believe, integral to the literary education of lawyers who are to serve in an increasingly diverse world.
- We share the same values, but their practice of politics is exclusionary and not inclusionary.
- We are an inclusionary bunch, and we want to include everyone.
- One way to avoid poetics that encourage such reductive readings is for the poet to propose an inclusionary ethos.
Origin
1950s: on the pattern of exclusionary.
Definition of inclusionary in US English:
inclusionary
adjectiveinˈklo͞oZHəˌnerē
Designed or intended to accommodate diversity in age, income, race, or some other category.
several clubs prefer not to adhere to the new, inclusionary policies
Example sentencesExamples
- Being inclusionary means listening to every voice.
- A more inclusionary canon that draws on works that come out of the ethnic experience or the experience of women is, we believe, integral to the literary education of lawyers who are to serve in an increasingly diverse world.
- One way to avoid poetics that encourage such reductive readings is for the poet to propose an inclusionary ethos.
- We are an inclusionary bunch, and we want to include everyone.
- We share the same values, but their practice of politics is exclusionary and not inclusionary.
Origin
1950s: on the pattern of exclusionary.