inclusion

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of including someone or something in a group, list, or whole.

   The inclusion of her poem in the anthology surprised everyone.

2. 2
   noun

   The practice of making sure everyone is treated fairly and feels they belong.

   The company has a strong policy on diversity and inclusion.

3. 3
   noun

   Something added to a group, set, or total.

   The new chapter was a welcome inclusion in the textbook.

Borrowed from Latin inclusio, inclusionis, from the verb Latin inclūdō (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, include + -sion. Doublet of enclosure.

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