not willing to admit members or mix with others considered to be inferior in social position, education etc
unshared, restricted
Cases of word usage
1) an exclusive social class, especially a Hindu one (caste)
2) a division into two (usually opposite) groups or mutually exclusive pairs (dichotomy)
3) (a private business, State company etc with) the exclusive right to control the supply of a particular kind of goods or services (monopoly)
4) to be evident, easily seen; a government authority giving exclusive right to make or sell a new invention (patent)