inclusion
An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
Example
“The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook.”
Other meanings
The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
“The inclusion of the poem added value to the course.”
Anything foreign that is included in a material.
Related words
- bioinclusion
- inclusionary
- inclusionism
- inclusionist
- microinclusion
- nanoinclusion
- noninclusion
- overinclusion
- postinclusion
- preinclusion
- pseudoinclusion
- reinclusion
Word history
From Latin "inclūdō" (to shut in, enclose, insert).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “inclusion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.