exclusive

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.

2. 2

   Referring to a membership organisation, service or product

   Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only.

3. 3

   A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be…

   A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.

   • Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
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   1. 4

      Exclusionary.

   2. 5

      Whole, undivided, entire.

      • The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.
   3. 6

      Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being…

      Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.

      • The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we".
   4. 7

      Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.

      • They decided to no longer be exclusive.
   5. 8

      Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.

      • The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.
   6. 9

      A member of a group who excludes others from their society.

      • The exclusives at the English Universities apply the term CAD to all non-members.
   7. 10

      A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.

The neighborhood

• antonyminclusive
• antonymnon-exclusive
• neighborexcludent