Inclusivenesses

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality of embracing a wide range of individuals or groups, ensuring that diverse perspectives are acknowledged and valued
2. The state of being open and welcoming to all, fostering an environment that appreciates differences among people
3. A characteristic of promoting participation and belonging among varied social, cultural, or demographic backgrounds

Etymology: "Inclusivenesses" is the plural of "inclusiveness", a noun formed in English by adding the suffix "-ness" to "inclusive". The suffix is an old one: it descends from Old English "-nes", which turned adjectives into abstract nouns for a quality, as in "good" becoming "goodness". The adjective "inclusive" has a Latin ancestry that runs through medieval scholarship. The Latin verb "inclūdere" meant "to shut in" or "enclose", built from "in-" and "claudere", "to close". Its past participle "inclūsus" gave rise to the Medieval Latin adjective "inclūsīvus", which passed into Middle French as "inclusif" and then into English as "inclusive". The sense of physical enclosing gradually gave way to the idea of taking things in and counting them as part of a whole, which is the basis of the modern meaning of the adjective.