exclusion
See also: exclusión
English
Etymology
From Middle English exclusion, exclusioun, from Old French [Term?] and Latin exclusiō, from exclūdō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪksˈkluːʒən/
- Hyphenation: ex‧clu‧sion
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːʒən
Noun
exclusion (countable and uncountable, plural exclusions)
- The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part. [from 17th c.]
- 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
- It was also a satisfying night for England coach Capello. Not only did he have a vital victory to celebrate, but his team selection was fully justified as Cahill gave an almost flawless performance in defence and Scott Parker's display made light of the surprising exclusion of Frank Lampard.
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- (obsolete) The act of pushing or forcing something out. [17th–19th c.]
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.6:
- For the exclusion of animals is not merely passive like that of eggs, nor the total action of delivery to be imputed unto the mother, but the first attempt beginneth from the infant [...].
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.6:
- An item not covered by an insurance policy. [from 20th c.]
Antonyms
- inclusion
Derived terms
- competitive exclusion
- exclusion chromatography
- exclusion zone
- Pauli exclusion principle
- self-exclusion
- size-exclusion chromatography
- statutory exclusion
- to the exclusion of
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kleh₂w- (0 c, 62 e)
Translations
act of excluding or shutting out
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French
Etymology
From Latin exclūsiō, from exclūdere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.skly.zjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
exclusion f (plural exclusions)
- exclusion
Derived terms
- à l'exclusion de
Further reading
- “exclusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- excluions