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Is the Pauli Exclusion Principle a force?

If the exclusion principle is what keeps white dwarfs together, but has a threshold, then why isn't it considered a force?
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It's not a force in itself. The principle gives rise to degeneracy pressure, where you have to input energy into the system to further compress it by raising the energy levels of your particles. 

The force itself is whatever the force is that results in those energy levels.