exclusion.

The act or effect of keeping someone or something out of a group, place, or consideration.

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Words that belong together

• social exclusion
• exclusion of evidence

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Social exclusion persisted despite formal eligibility.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, qualification. Commonness: moderately common.