Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [in groop]
- /ɪn grup/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [in groop]
- /ɪn grup/
Definitions of in-group word
- noun in-group a narrow exclusive group; clique. 1
- noun in-group Sociology. a group of people sharing similar interests and attitudes, producing feelings of solidarity, community, and exclusivity. Compare out-group. 1
- noun in-group a highly cohesive and relatively closed social group characterized by the preferential treatment reserved for its members and the strength of loyalty between them 0
- noun in-group any group of people with common interests that give them a sense of solidarity and exclusivity as regards all nonmembers 0
- adjective in-group of, or relating to, or forming an ingroup or clique. 0
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Origin of in-group
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; in-1 + group
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for In-group
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
in-group popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for in-group
noun in-group
- school — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- crowd — A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- club — A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
- company — A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services.
- camp — A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
Antonyms for in-group
noun in-group
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
- disunion — a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
- division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- disassociation — to dissociate.
Top questions with in-group
- what is an in-group?
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