Meanings
adjectiveexclusionary (comparative more exclusionary, superlative most exclusionary)
comparative more exclusionary · superlative most exclusionary
- Acting to exclude something
Social groups are often exclusionary.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans uitsluitingskriteria
- uitsluitingskriteriaacting to exclude something
Danish eksklusiv
- eksklusivacting to exclude something
Dutch met uitzondering van
- met uitzondering vanacting to exclude something
Finnish torjuva
- torjuvaacting to exclude something
German ausschließend
- ausschließendacting to exclude something
Greek αποκλεισμού
- αποκλεισμού (apokleismoú)acting to exclude something
Italian escluvisistico
- escluvisisticoacting to exclude something
Japanese 排他的
- 排他的 (haitateki)acting to exclude something
Korean 배타적
- 배타적 (baetajeok)acting to exclude something
Latin excludens
- excludensacting to exclude something
Norwegian eksklusiv
- eksklusivacting to exclude something
Portuguese excludente
- excludenteacting to exclude something
Spanish excluyente
- excluyenteacting to exclude something
Swedish exklusivt, uteslutande
- exklusivtacting to exclude something
- uteslutandeacting to exclude something
Cite this entry
APA
exclusionary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exclusionary
MLA
“exclusionary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exclusionary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exclusionary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exclusionary.
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