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Inclusivity vs Acceptance - What's the difference?

inclusivity | acceptance |

As nouns the difference between inclusivity and acceptance

is that inclusivity is inclusiveness while acceptance is the act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; especially, favorable reception; approval.

inclusivity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (buzzword, nonstandard) Inclusiveness.
  • *2001 , Jörg Andriof, Malcolm McIntosh, Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship , page 60
  • *:Corporate citizenship is about employee and stakeholder inclusivity . Stakeholder inclusion requires a long-term, and continuous, relationship to be [...]
  • *2002 , David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State , page 256
  • *:Modern states have ordered and arranged their racial inclusivities on the necessity of racist exclusivities.
  • *2003 , Ian S. Markham, A Theology of Engagement , page 133
  • *:These are the terms on which Gandhi gives birth to Hindu inclusivity'. It is worth pausing to distinguish Hindu '''inclusivity''' from Christian ' inclusivity .
  • *2002 , Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web , page 66
  • *:Within a single organization scheme, you will need to balance the tension between exclusivity and inclusivity .

    • acceptance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of accepting; a receiving of something offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; especially, favorable reception; approval
    • the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
  • * Isaiah 60:7 :
    • They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar.
  • Belief in something; agreement; assent.
  • State of being accepted.
  • * Shakespeare: Rape of Lucrece :
    • Makes it assured of acceptance .
  • (business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.
  • (business, finance) The bill of exchange itself when accepted.
  • An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.
  • (legal) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
  • (US, government) The act of an authorized representative of the Government by which the Government assents to ownership by it of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
  • The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, pluralonly) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.

    • Usage notes

    * In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved.

    Derived terms

    * (sense) acceptance of a bill of exchange, acceptance of goods * acceptance of persons * banker's acceptance, trade acceptance

    Synonyms

    * (act of accepting) accepting, receiving, reception, approval * (State of being accepted) acceptableness * (sense) assent

    References

    * * Mozley and Whitely, Law Dictionary : *: What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty.