Exclusive
Exclusive adjective - Belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named.
Proper and exclusive are semantically related. in characteristic topic. In some cases you can use "Proper" instead an adjective "Exclusive".
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Out of the three bonus-level-exclusive Big Bads, only Occulous of Darklight Crypt is actually fought in the console version (you do get to fight Vathek in a proper boss fight on the 3DS version).
Source: Video Game / Skylanders - While there is a proper "Metal Gear 2" in the series, it only appears in the western-exclusive NES sequel Snake's Revenge (and is presumably the reason why Metal Gear D is named differently).
Source: I Am Not Shazam / Video Games -
This glitch appears to be unique to Doom proper and not the PS1-exclusive Final Doom sequel.
Source: Videogame / Doom
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Proper and Exclusive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exclusive/proper
Exclusive & Proper. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/exclusive/proper>.
Proper or Exclusive. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exclusive/proper.
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