exclusive

== English == === Etymology === From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”). === Pronunciation === (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/, /ɪkˈsklu.zɪv/ Hyphenation: ex‧clu‧sive === Adjective === exclusive (comparative more exclusive, superlative most exclusive) (literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions. (figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. Synonym: sole A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded. Exclusionary. Whole, undivided, entire. (linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed. (of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others. ==== Antonyms ==== inclusive non-exclusive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== excludent (discrimination) ==== Translations ==== === Noun === exclusive (plural exclusives) Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively. A member of a group who excludes others from their society. (grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “exclusive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “exclusive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === exclusive feminine singular of exclusif == Latin == === Adjective === exclūsīve vocative masculine singular of exclūsīvus