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• ex|clu|sion|ar|y — «ehk SKLOO zhuh NEHR ee», adjective. of or having to do with exclusion: »an exclusionary rule …   Useful english dictionary

• ex|clu|sion|er — «ehk SKLOO zhuh nuhr», noun. = exclusionist. (Cf. ↑exclusionist) …   Useful english dictionary

• in|clu|sion — «ihn KLOO zhuhn», noun. 1. the act or fact of including: »The Dutch should have obliged themselves to make no peace without the inclusion of their Allies (Sir William Temple). 2. the state of being included. 3. a thing included: a) a body present …   Useful english dictionary

• oc|clu|sion — «uh KLOO zhuhn», noun. 1. an occluding or being occluded. 2. Medicine. the blocking of a blood vessel, as by thrombosis, embolism, or gradual narrowing: »The President had suffered a mild cerebral occlusion (Wall Street Journal). 3. Dentistry.… …   Useful english dictionary

• pre|clu|sion — «prih KLOO zhuhn», noun. the act or fact of precluding or condition of being precluded: »The preclusion of disturbance and indecorum in Christian assemblies (Samuel Taylor Coleridge). ╂[< Latin praeclūsiō, ōnis < praeclūdere preclude] …   Useful english dictionary

• re|clu|sion — «rih KLOO zhuhn», noun. 1. the act of shutting up or condition of being shut up in seclusion. 2. solitary confinement. 3. the condition or life of a recluse: »She is one of the few nuns in the world with ecclesiastical permission to attempt the… …   Useful english dictionary

• se|clu|sion — «sih KLOO zhuhn», noun. 1. the act of secluding: »His seclusion of the rabbit in the barn kept it a secret from everyone else. 2. the state of being secluded; retirement: »She lives in seclusion apart from her friends. 3. a secluded place: »Sweet …   Useful english dictionary

• ex|clu|sion|ism — «ehk SKLOO zhuh nihz uhm», noun. the principle, policy, or practice of exclusion, as from rights or privileges …   Useful english dictionary

• ex|clu|sion|ist — «ehk SKLOO zhuh nihst», noun, adjective. –n. a person who favors exclusion; a person who would exclude another from some right or privilege. –adj. of or having to do with exclusionists: »They have established rigid import quotas and other… …   Useful english dictionary

• in|con|clu|sion — «IHN kuhn KLOO zhuhn», noun. 1. the quality of being inconclusive. 2. an inconclusive end or result: »On the frostbitten ridges of Korea, it became necessary to carry a stalemate to its logical inconclusion (Time) …   Useful english dictionary

• mal|oc|clu|sion — «MAL uh KLOO zhuhn», noun. failure of teeth opposite each other in the upper and lower jaws to close or meet properly …   Useful english dictionary