Inclusive means taking everybody in and leaving nobody out. The door is open to all of them.
The social sense is the one people argue about, since inclusive education and an inclusive workplace mean designing things so that everybody can take part rather than adding adjustments afterwards. There is a plain commercial sense too, and a price inclusive of VAT includes it, while all-inclusive means the whole holiday is paid for. Maths uses it for ranges, so one to ten inclusive contains both ends. Its opposite is exclusive.
1adjectiveinclusiveIncluding everyone, especially those often left out.
“They redesigned the entrance to make it more inclusive.”
2adjectivecontainingContaining everything mentioned, including the limits.
“The fee is inclusive of insurance.”
Medieval Latin
inclūsīvus
Middle French
inclusif
English, today
inclusive
From Middle French inclusif, from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, from la + inclūsus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in A Man Called Ove
First appears in chapter 15 of A Man Called Ove.
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