exclusiveness

English

Etymology

From exclusive +‎ -ness.

Noun

exclusiveness (usually uncountable, plural exclusivenesses)

1. The state of being exclusive; exclusivity.
   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 2, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     Mother very rightly resented the slightest hint of condescension. She considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, […] .