‘The act of preventing somebody/something from entering a place or taking part in something’ (Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries).
‘Any form of direct or indirect prevention of access’ (UNESCO, 2020a, p. 419).
Social exclusion occurs when people cannot fully participate or contribute to society because of ‘the denial of civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights’.
[Definitions indicate that] exclusion results from ‘a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, bad health and family breakdown’.
[…] Groups, communities and individuals who because of deprivation, poverty or discrimination are unable to realise their potential and participate and contribute to society are excluded (UNESCO, no date).