Other Word Forms
- cliquishly adverb
- cliquishness noun
Etymology
Origin of cliquish
Example Sentences
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Had he been unaware of a sometimes cliquish and toxic office culture, with another top aide, Chief of Staff Ana Guerrero, dishing out Facebook insults against prominent politicos?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022
The cliquish culture of private aviation is no friend to the climate, either.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022
“My cliquish world consisted of ladies and gents from Manhattan’s exclusive private schools and preppies down from New England boarding schools who played bit-parts on weekends and holidays,” she wrote.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2022
In 2015, after a number of departures, Fortune published an article in which former employees complained about a cliquish, “mean girls” corporate culture.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018
The far smaller English community hangs together in a somewhat cliquish fashion, and possibly cherishes a latent grudge against the Americans for their paramount influence in island affairs.
From The Hawaiian Archipelago by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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