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[ noun ] tendency to associate with only a select group
Synonyms Used in print (Gibson Winter, The Suburban Captivity of the...)It was observed in the introductory chapter that metropolitan life had split into two trends - expanding interdependence on an impersonal basis and growing exclusiveness in local communal groupings . Since American life is committed above_all to productivity and a higher standard of economic life , the countervailing forces of residential and religious exclusiveness have fought a desperate , rearguard action against the expanding interdependence of the metropolis . Related terms |
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