What does Exclusion mean?

Definitions for Exclusion
ɪkˈsklu ʒənex·clu·sion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. exclusionnoun

    the state of being excluded

  2. excommunication, exclusion, censurenoun

    the state of being excommunicated

  3. exception, exclusion, elisionnoun

    a deliberate act of omission

    "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"

  4. ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddancenoun

    the act of forcing out someone or something

    "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

Wiktionary

  1. exclusionnoun

    The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.

  2. exclusionnoun

    The act of pushing or forcing something out.

  3. exclusionnoun

    An item not covered by an insurance policy.

  4. Etymology: From exclusionem, from excludere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Exclusionnoun

    Etymology: from exclude.

    In bodies that need detention of spirits, the exclusion of the air doth good; but in bodies that need emission of spirits, it doth hurt. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 343.

    If he is for an entire exclusion of fear, which is supposed to have some influence in every law, he opposes himself to every government. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 31.

    There was a question also asked at the table; whether the French king would agree to have the disposing of the marriage of Bretagne, with an exception and exclusion that he should not marry her himself. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

    How were it possible the womb should contain the child, nay sometimes twins, ’till they come to their due perfection and maturity for exclusion? John Ray, on the Creation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exclusionnoun

    the act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded

  2. Exclusionnoun

    the act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb

  3. Exclusionnoun

    thing emitted

  4. Etymology: [L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude.]

Wikidata

  1. Exclusion

    Deepa Mehta's upcoming film Exclusion is based on the history of the Komagata Maru incident. Gaurav Seth is one of the writers for the cinematic project. Akshay Kumar has stated his intention to join the production. This film is in development. IMDB currently has a 2014 timeline for the film.

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Exclusion' in Nouns Frequency: #2132

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Exclusion in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Exclusion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Exclusion in a Sentence

  1. Achim Steiner:

    A traditional development economist might a few years ago have looked at how to invest a million dollars in supporting small and medium-scale enterprise( in) the capital city, maybe one or two other cities in the country, today if we want to deal with the phenomenon of exclusion, of potential radicalization, we will look at who will have the greatest added benefit.

  2. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    ras cardo speaks: one of the greatest blunders and mistakes jamaica has made to-reggae- is the ostracizing and exclusion of the trench town people from the rest of the society. they never knew us, because they never wanted to get to know us. so, now, when I hear them talking about reggae music as their- cultural export - one wonders, who are they fooling? the damage is already done.

  3. The GAP:

    The Government Accountability Project is deeply concerned about the mistreatment of Matthew Lee for two reasons. First, Matthew Lee for two reasons has covered U.N. whistleblower cases accurately and in detail, and we regard the mistreatment of Matthew Lee for two reasons as retaliatory, secondly, Matthew Lee for two reasons exclusion from the UN premises because of capricious, unannounced and unknown decisions of senior managers bodes ill for the treatment of journalists in U.N. Member States.

  4. Alexander Russ:

    It's bleak to say the least for companies trying to get an exclusion.

  5. Brian Bosma:

    What we had hoped for with the bill was a message of inclusion -- inclusion of all religious beliefs, what instead has come out is a message of exclusion and that was not the intent and hopefully not the effect. But to the extent that it is we are intent on righting that.

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