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in-group

or in·group

[ in-groop ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Sociology.

a group of people sharing similar interests and attitudes, producing feelings of solidarity, community, and exclusivity. Compare out-group.

in-group

See out-group
sociol a highly cohesive and relatively closed social group characterized by the preferential treatment reserved for its members and the strength of loyalty between them Compare out-group

First recorded in 1905–10; in- ¹ + group

Affection, after all, is what the in-group use of the n-word expresses.

Our research indicates they can end up having a similar effect to an 'in-group' in high school that others aspire to join.

It would be easy to dismiss this “small town” idea as a code for an in-group whose happy few run everything through their network.

These exigencies also make government and law in the in-group, in order to prevent quarrels and enforce discipline.

In the in-group it was so far from being an act of hostility, or veiled impropriety, that it was applied to the closest kin.

Cannibalism was so primordial in the mores that it has two forms, one for the in-group, the other for the out-group.

Another use of cannibalism in the in-group is to annihilate one who has broken an important taboo.

What is lacking is an authority which can impose commands on the in-group and extrude blood revenge from it.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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