primary group

noun

, Sociology.

1. a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of primary group¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

These four stems are directly connected with one another at the root only, to wit, by the common primary group of the Worm tribe.

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Studies of primitive peoples indicate that early social organizations were based upon ties of kinship and primary group contacts.

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The Blue Laws of Connecticut are little else than primary-group attitudes written into law.

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In a primary group, social control narrowly restricts the selection of patterns and behavior.

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See Collective behavior.Crime, from the point of view of the primary group, 48, 49.

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