Exclusive

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/, /ɪkˈsklu.zɪv/
• Hyphenation: ex + clu + sive

Origin

From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere ("to shut out, exclude"), from ex- ("out") + variant form of verb claudere ("to close, shut").

Full definition of exclusive

Adjective

1. (literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
2. (figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or reknown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.''Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
3. exclusionary
4. whole, undivided, entire''The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.

Antonyms

• inclusive
• non-exclusive

Derived terms

• exclusively
• exclusiveness
• exclusive or
• exclusive right
• exclusivity
• mutually exclusive

Related terms

• exclusion
• exclude
• excludent (discrimination)

Noun

1. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.''The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially distastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature
2. (grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.