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exclusionary

exclusionary adjective: acting to exclude something.

Adjective

exclusionary (comparative more exclusionary, superlative most exclusionary)

  1. Acting to exclude something
    • Social groups are often exclusionary.
    • For all the positive experiences that parents with young children have, more often rail travel is challenging, exhausting and exclusionary.2023 October 18, Dr David Turner, “Family values...”, in RAIL, number 994, page 46

Antonyms of exclusionary

Forms of exclusionary

comparativemore exclusionary
superlativemost exclusionary

Origin of exclusionary

From exclusion + -ary.

Words formed from exclusionary

Phrases with exclusionary

Questions about exclusionary

What does exclusionary mean?
Exclusionary means acting to exclude something.
What part of speech is exclusionary?
Exclusionary is an adjective.

Words near exclusionary in the dictionary

  1. exclusion unit
  2. exclusion units
  3. exclusion zone
  4. exclusion zones
  5. exclusionarily
  6. exclusionary
  7. exclusionary rule
  8. exclusionary rules
  9. Exclusioner
  10. Exclusioners
  11. exclusionism

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