Meanings
comparative more exceptionalist · superlative most exceptionalist
- Of or pertaining to exceptionalism.
1 more example
Three decisions handed down within a week of each other in June of 2023 illustrate this point. Haaland v. Brackeen, which upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, produced a majority opinion and a concurring opinion that are firmly in the exceptionalist mode but another concurring opinion and two dissenting opinions that are firmly in the assimilationist mode.
2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, page 268, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Latinexcipiō
- Latinexceptiō
- Old Frenchexcepcion
- Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
- Middle Englishexception
- Englishexception
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishexceptional
- Englishexceptionalist
From exceptional + -ist.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish excepcionalista
- excepcionalistaTranslations
Cite this entry
exceptionalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionalist
“exceptionalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionalist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exceptionalist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionalist.
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