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exclusionism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English exclusion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English exclusionism From exclusion + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being exclusionist.
   • But go anywhere else in the Middle East and Zionism stands for theft, oppression, racist exclusionism. 2009 January 25, Ethan Bronner, “The Bullets in My In-Box”, in New York Times:
2. (countable, uncountable) A policy or ideology that favors exclusion of some individuals or groups from a nation, sect, etc.
   • Exclusionism, then, cannot be an item of the configuration “Asia for Asians,” in economic activities or cultural achievements. It is in political relations, however, that exclusionism is the supreme reality. 1942, Benoy Sarkar, “The sociology of ‘Asia for Asians’”, in Calcutta Review, volume LXXXIV, number 1, page 48:
   • The true explanation of the rise of the traditional policy we believe to be commercial jealousy, which blossomed and burgeoned out into religious exclusionism. 1859, J.B. Heard, “Prize essay on Christianity in India”, in Dublin University Magazine, volume LIII, number CCCXVII, page 529:

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