exclusionary
Keeping others away
Exclusionary describes policies, practices, or attitudes that deliberately keep certain people or groups out.
An exclusionary zoning law might prevent affordable housing from being built in wealthy neighborhoods.
Exclusionary tactics in social settings serve to make outsiders feel unwelcome.
The word carries a negative connotation, suggesting unfairness or discrimination rather than legitimate selectivity.
Causing sharp division
- alienatingCausing emotional separation
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
- estrangingCausing emotional separation
isolating · factional · partisan · clannish · tribalistic · sectarian · in-group · out-group
Showing unfair distinction
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
marginalization · ostracism · segregation · inequality · unfairness · racism · sexism · homophobia
Imposing narrow boundaries
- prohibitivePreventing through excess
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- selectiveChoosing with care
- insularNarrow in outlook
closed · guarded · barring · preclusive · blacklisting · vetoing · barricading · walled-off
One favoring the privileged
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- cliquishExcluding those outside one's group
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
- privilegedHaving special advantages
upper-class · insular · members-only · ivory-tower · gentry · patrician · bourgeois · snobby
polarizing
Causing sharp division
- alienatingCausing emotional separation
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
estranging · isolating · factional · partisan · clannish · tribalistic · sectarian · in-group · out-group · othering
discriminatory
Showing unfair distinction
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
bias · marginalization · ostracism · segregation · inequality · unfairness · racism · sexism · homophobia · xenophobia
restrictive
Imposing narrow boundaries
- prohibitivePreventing through excess
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- selectiveChoosing with care
insular · closed · guarded · barring · preclusive · blacklisting · vetoing · barricading · walled-off · members-only
elitist
One favoring the privileged
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- cliquishExcluding those outside one's group
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
privileged · upper-class · insular · members-only · ivory-tower · gentry · patrician · bourgeois · snobby · hoity-toity
- Exclusivityelite, VIP, members-only, private, restricted
- intolerantbigoted, biased, prejudiced, discriminatory, intolerant
- bigotsbigot, bigots, racist, racists, sexist
exclusionaryinclusive
Covering all members
inclusionary · open · accessible · all-embracing · welcoming
exclusionaryinclusive
Covering all members
inclusionary · welcoming · accepting · embracing · hospitable
- exclusionary ruleBan on unconstitutionally seized evidence
include, exclude, exclusive, including, included, inclusive, secluded, exclusion, excluding