Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A group of people united by common beliefs, attitudes, or interests and usually excluding outsiders; a clique.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose, interests, or attitudes, especially one that produces feelings of camaraderie, exclusivity, community, and solidarity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, or relating to, or forming an
ingroup orclique
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
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Examples
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This phenomenon, called in-group favoritism, doesn't so much reflect bias against women as it does bias in favor of men.
Joan Williams: And the Oscar Goes to... a Man: Gender Bias at the Top Joan Williams 2012
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It comes as no surprise that mainline Protestants do not have a stronger sense of in-group attachment, given that “mainline Protestantism” is a blurry social category.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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• Ethnic minorities have a stronger preference for in-group marriage, in part because they have more religiously homogeneous social networks, but also because ethnic identification itself discourages religious intermarriage.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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While religion promotes the in-group, prosocial side of tribalism, it also fosters the out-group, anti-social side.
Ted Cadsby: Defying Our Maker: What The New Atheists Miss Ted Cadsby 2011
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While religion promotes the in-group, prosocial side of tribalism, it also fosters the out-group, anti-social side.
Ted Cadsby: Defying Our Maker: What The New Atheists Miss Ted Cadsby 2011
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From a scientific standpoint a suicide attack represents an extreme form of parochial altruism -- a self-sacrificial act made on behalf of one's in-group, involving aggression against an out-group.
Matt J. Rossano: The Surprising Effect of Religious Devotion on Suicide Attacks Matt J. Rossano 2010
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The more they drank onstage, the more they indulged a liking for obscure in-group nonsense, the louder the audience cheered.
When the Rat Pack ruled supreme Richard Williams 2010
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We are unusually co-operative with, even altruistic toward, in-group members.
Ted Cadsby: Defying Our Maker: What The New Atheists Miss Ted Cadsby 2011
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This is a characteristic of extremist groups, not to target the opposite extreme, at least at first, but to target the closest competitor for the party mantle, people who might blur the distinctions between in-group and out.
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We are unusually co-operative with, even altruistic toward, in-group members.
Ted Cadsby: Defying Our Maker: What The New Atheists Miss Ted Cadsby 2011
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