Standard Lemma guide

exclusivity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɛkskluːˈsɪvɪti/
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  • CMU ARPABET: EH2 K S K L UW2 S IH1 V AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being exclusive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: inclusivity

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English exclusive Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English exclusivity From exclusive + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَصْرِيَّة (ḥaṣriyya) — the quality of being exclusive
  • Catalan: exclusivitat — the quality of being exclusive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排他性 (páitāxìng) — the quality of being exclusive
  • Czech: exkluzivita — the quality of being exclusive
  • Czech: exkluzivnost — the quality of being exclusive
  • Dutch: exclusiviteit — the quality of being exclusive
  • Finnish: eksklusiivisuus — the quality of being exclusive
  • French: exclusivité — the quality of being exclusive
  • Georgian: ექსკლუზიურობა (eksḳluziuroba) — the quality of being exclusive
  • Greek: αποκλειστικότητα (apokleistikótita) — the quality of being exclusive
  • Italian: esclusività — the quality of being exclusive
  • Polish: wyłączność — the quality of being exclusive
  • Polish: ekskluzywność — the quality of being exclusive
  • Portuguese: exclusividade — the quality of being exclusive
  • Romanian: exclusivitate — the quality of being exclusive
  • Russian: исключительность (isključitelʹnostʹ) — the quality of being exclusive
  • Spanish: exclusividad — the quality of being exclusive
  • Swedish: exklusivitet — the quality of being exclusive