exclusivism

Noun

Meaning

The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

exclusive discrimination bias exceptional nationalism exclusion intolerance bigotry chauvinism jingoism exclusiveness nativism exclusionism ethnocentrism exceptionality
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Examples

[In-group exclusivism has] killed more human beings and destroyed more cities and villages than all the epidemics, hurricanes, storms, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions taken together. It has brought upon mankind more suffering than any other catastrophe. Pitirim Sorokin

Pluralism is denied logically; inclusivism is denied scripturally, and that leaves us with exclusivism... you have to know that Jesus died and believe in it in order to be saved. Norman Geisler

The contradiction between Christian exclusivism and true liberalism is seldom discussed openly and perhaps even privately. Rajiv Malhotra

Close letter words and terms

exclusively in one language exclusively when exclusiveness exclusivist exclusivistic exclusivity