exclusivism (eksklosivizm)

[= Sp. exclu sivismo; as exclusive + -ism.] The practice of excluding or of being exclusive; exclusive ne . In Geneva and Lausanne I understood that a more than American exclusivism prevailed in families that held themselves to be peculiarly good, and believed themselves very old. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 578. exclusivist (eks-klö'siv-ist), n. [ exclusive + -ist.] One who favors exclusivism or exclusivene in some particular direction. Cannot these exclusivists see the unlovely, unfraternal position into which their logic thrusts them? The Independent (New York), Jan. 6, 1870.