EXCLUSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does exclusion mean?
• EXCLUSION (noun)
The noun EXCLUSION has 4 senses:
1. the state of being excluded
2. the state of being excommunicated
3. a deliberate act of omission
4. the act of forcing out someone or something
Familiarity information: EXCLUSION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• EXCLUSION (noun)
Meaning:
The state of being excluded
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("exclusion" is a kind of...):
situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exclusion"):
banishment; Coventry; ostracism (the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent))
debarment (the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices))
Antonym:
inclusion (the state of being included)
Meaning:
The state of being excommunicated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
excommunication; censure; exclusion
Hypernyms ("exclusion" is a kind of...):
rejection (the state of being rejected)
Meaning:
A deliberate act of omission
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
exception; elision; exclusion
Context example:
with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news
Hypernyms ("exclusion" is a kind of...):
omission (neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something)
Meaning:
The act of forcing out someone or something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
expulsion; ejection; riddance; exclusion
Context examples:
the ejection of troublemakers by the police / the child's expulsion from school
Hypernyms ("exclusion" is a kind of...):
banishment; proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exclusion"):
defenestration (the act of throwing someone or something out of a window)
deportation (the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien)
ostracism (the act of excluding someone from society by general consent)
barring; blackball (the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto)
ouster; ousting (the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out)
