inclusion English · revision 10466

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1600|origins=la inclusio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪnˈkluːʒən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|inclūsiō|t=a shutting up, confinement]], inclūsiōnem,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from inclūsus, past participle of inclūdere, to shut in (see [[include]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of making a part of, including: 1600, about 1600 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ That which is included is from 1839,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) especially in mineralogy a gaseous, liquid or solid body enclosed in a mineral or rock.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) In mathematics an inclusion mapping is from 1949.^(OED 1989) The policy of including people who might otherwise be excluded, as those with disabilities, is a recent sense.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1600 – including.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1839 – something included.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1949 – inclusion mapping.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of including, or the state of being included.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Something included.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A foreign body enclosed in a mineral or rock, or a nonliving mass in a cell.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The practice of including people who might otherwise be excluded; [[inclusivity]].^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inclusionary]]

+ * [[noninclusion]]

+ * [[preinclusion]]

+ * [[reinclusion]]

+ * [[inclusion complex]]

+ * [[inclusion map]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[include]]

+ * [[inclusive]]

+ * [[exclusion]]

+ * [[conclusion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}