Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exclusivism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: ex-clu-sivism
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of being exclusive; a mentality or policy that excludes others.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The doctrine that one religion is the only true religion, or that one religious sect is the only true version of a larger religion.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English exclusive 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 exclusivism From exclusive + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

exclusivisms (plural)

Questions

What does exclusivism mean?: The practice of being exclusive; a mentality or policy that excludes others.
Where does exclusivism come from?: Etymology tree English exclusive 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 exclusivism From exclusive + -ism.

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