Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The practice of excluding or of being exclusive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The practice of excluding or of being exclusive; exclusiveness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or practice of excluding being exclusive; exclusiveness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The practice of being
exclusive . Mentality characterized by thedisregard foropinions andideas other than one's own. - noun religion The
doctrine that one religion is the only true religion, or that one religious sect is the only true version of a larger religion.
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Examples
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First, I shall use the term exclusivism 'in such a way that you don't count as an exclusivist unless you are rather fully aware of other faiths, have had their existence and their claims called to your attention with some force and perhaps fairly frequently, have noted that the adherents of other religions sometimes appear to display great intelligence, moral excellence and spiritual insight, and have to some degree reflected on the problem of pluralism, asking yourself such questions as whether it is or could be really true that the Lord has revealed himself and his programs to Christians, say, in a way in which he hasn't revealed himself to those of other faiths.
Warranted Christian Belief 1932- 2000
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There is no greater injustice then to present the revolutionary leadership, then to discriminate by using some kind of exclusivism or intolerance.
12TH CTC CONGRESS 1966
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Is that really "exclusivism" that is being sanctified?
My Right Word 2008
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Is that really "exclusivism" that is being sanctified?
My Right Word 2008
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Mumbai is the Marathi way of saying Bombay: the definitive name-change was imposed on the city in 1995 by the right-wing Hinduist Shiv Sena government: ‘Mumbai’ also stands for an ethnic and religious exclusivism, and an antagonism towards North Indians and Muslims.
Bombs, slums, and brightly-coloured balloons « Squares of Wheat 2009
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Much like the atheist movement, the interfaith movement seeks to build inter-group understanding, encourage critical thinking, and end religiously-based sociological and political exclusivism.
Chris Stedman: Do Atheists Belong In The Interfaith Movement? Chris Stedman 2011
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Mumbai is the Marathi way of saying Bombay: the definitive name-change was imposed on the city in 1995 by the right-wing Hinduist Shiv Sena government: ‘Mumbai’ also stands for an ethnic and religious exclusivism, and an antagonism towards North Indians and Muslims.
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Much like the atheist movement, the interfaith movement seeks to build inter-group understanding, encourage critical thinking, and end religiously-based sociological and political exclusivism.
Chris Stedman: Do Atheists Belong In The Interfaith Movement? Chris Stedman 2011
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Much like the atheist movement, the interfaith movement seeks to build inter-group understanding, encourage critical thinking, and end religiously-based sociological and political exclusivism.
Chris Stedman: Do Atheists Belong In The Interfaith Movement? Chris Stedman 2011
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Much like the atheist movement, the interfaith movement seeks to build inter-group understanding, encourage critical thinking, and end religiously-based sociological and political exclusivism.
Chris Stedman: Do Atheists Belong In The Interfaith Movement? Chris Stedman 2011
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