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Meanings of exclusiveness in English

Portuguese
exclusividade
Catalan
exclusivitat

Tendency to associate with only a select group.

        exclusividade
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        Examples for "clannishness"
        Examples for "clannishness"
        1
        Even the Scotch and the Devonians weaken a little in their clannishness.
        The New Machiavelli
        2
        One of the first points to be taken account of is his clannishness.
        Birds and Poets : with Other Papers
        3
        That tends to contribute to the clannishness non-Cubans sometimes complain about.
        Darkly Dreaming Dexter
        4
        Perhaps it was the Scots clannishness that attracted them.
        With Our Army in Palestine
        5
        But the clannishness of sex has its unwritten laws.
        Dream Days
        1
        She describes men's behaviour as "needy cliquishness" but extols the virtues of her own clique.
        The Irish Times
        2
        It was that cliquishness; he wanted to be a part of something, could never find anything to be part of.
        Life
        Usage of exclusiveness in English
        1
        All privileges are valuable in proportion to the exclusiveness of their enjoyment.
        The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 12
        2
        I wish the alliance, and think it better to maintain the exclusiveness.
        Evan Harrington — Volume 4
        3
        There was a sense of luxury-ofexclusiveness-inpassing over its smooth surface.
        The Lady of Big Shanty
        4
        This rigid exclusiveness has not militated against the prosperity of the club.
        Inns and Taverns of Old London
        5
        And exclusiveness, all the pride of race must disappear before such considerations.
        Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
        6
        With this legalism went a spirit of intense exclusiveness and narrow ecclesiasticism.
        Outspoken Essays
        7
        No premeditated discourtesy ever initialed this exclusiveness and none was ever intended.
        The Fortunes of Oliver Horn
        8
        In Heaven there won't be cliques, exclusiveness, arrogance, posturing, belit­tling, or jealousy.
        Heaven
        9
        Adopting Leslie's advice, they carried their heads high and affected great exclusiveness.
        Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore
        10
        Still there was not sufficient exclusiveness; and as early as in Charles II.
        The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 1
        11
        The ultimate failure of Islam to become a world-power lies in its exclusiveness.
        The Agony of the Church (1917)
        12
        No social exclusiveness could withstand the seduction of that dead elephant.
        The Old Wives' Tale
        13
        This vulgar tenet of exclusiveness is in the highest degree unphilosophical.
        My Ten Years' Imprisonment
        14
        It reacted against the exclusiveness of Judaism,-andat the same time inherited it.
        The Crest-Wave of Evolution / A Course of Lectures in History, G...
        15
        In short, Chopin was an aristocrat with all the exclusiveness of an aristocrat.
        Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
        16
        And that same exclusiveness is reflected in this name for Christians.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
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        Translations for exclusiveness
        Portuguese
        exclusividade
        Exclusiveness through the time
        Exclusiveness across language varieties
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