exclusionist
Keeps others out
Someone who advocates excluding certain people or groups—from a country, organization, or social circle.
The term usually carries negative connotations, implying rigid or discriminatory gatekeeping: The party's exclusionist immigration policies drew criticism.
As an adjective, it describes such attitudes or practices: an exclusionist mindset.
Anti-immigration advocate
- protectionistFavors limiting foreign trade
- isolationistAdvocate for national seclusion
- xenophobeOne fearing foreigners
- autarkyComplete economic independence
insular · fortress · border · barrier · closed-door · anti-immigrant · quota · deportation
Controlling access to something
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- prohibitivePreventing through excess
- selectiveChoosing with care
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
quota · bounded · constrained · blacklist · vetting · credentialism · narrow · exclusionary
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
racism · sexism · ableism · homophobia · classism · ageism · chauvinism · misogyny
Racial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- redliningRefusing loans by neighborhood
- ghettoizationForced residential segregation
- casteInherited social division
racial profiling · sundown town · color line · separate but equal · stratification · Balkanization · enclave · partition
Rule by hereditary elite
- oligarchyRule by few
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
clique · in-crowd · ivory-tower · gentry · nobility · patrician · establishment · selectivity
Asserting opinions as facts
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
- literalistOne rejecting figurative meaning
rigid · strict · hardliner · conservative · conformist · doctrinaire · uncompromising · inflexible
nativist
Anti-immigration advocate
- protectionistFavors limiting foreign trade
- isolationistAdvocate for national seclusion
- xenophobeOne fearing foreigners
autarky · insular · fortress · border · barrier · closed-door · anti-immigrant · quota · deportation · ethnocentric
gatekeeping
Controlling access to something
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- prohibitivePreventing through excess
- selectiveChoosing with care
limiting · quota · bounded · constrained · blacklist · vetting · credentialism · narrow · exclusionary · disqualifying
bigotry
Intolerance toward differing views
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
xenophobia · racism · sexism · ableism · homophobia · classism · ageism · chauvinism · misogyny · partiality
apartheid
Racial separation policy
- Jim CrowRacial separation laws
- redliningRefusing loans by neighborhood
- ghettoizationForced residential segregation
caste · racial profiling · sundown town · color line · separate but equal · stratification · Balkanization · enclave · partition · ethnic cleansing
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- oligarchyRule by few
- privilegedHaving special advantages
- upper-classSocially and economically privileged
snobbery · clique · in-crowd · ivory-tower · gentry · nobility · patrician · establishment · selectivity · members-only
dogmatic
Asserting opinions as facts
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
literalist · rigid · strict · hardliner · conservative · conformist · doctrinaire · uncompromising · inflexible · narrow-minded
exclusionistintegrationist
Opposes segregated systems
inclusionary · welcomer · embracer · pluralist · egalitarian
exclusionistopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
receptive · cosmopolitan · internationalist · globalist · expansionist
exclude, exclusive, inclusive, inclusion, exclusion, exclusively, exclusivity, inclusiveness, preclusion