Antonyms for in-group


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-groop
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪnˌgrup


Definition of in-group

  • As in ring : noun group participating together
  • As in charmed circle : noun exclusive group
  • As in inner circle : noun corps of advisers
  • As in circle : noun group of close friends, associates
  • As in clique : noun group of friends
Example sentences :
  • Comrades in an in-group have never forced these on each other.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • So far as sympathy was developed at all, it was in the in-group, between comrades.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • You'd have formed your own in-group, as prisoners, dedicated to your own welfare.
  • Extract from : « This Crowded Earth » by Robert Bloch
  • This control by the in-group over its members makes for solidity and impenetrability in its relations with the out-group.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
  • He describes the transition from contacts of the out-group to those of the in-group, or from remote to intimate relations.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
  • These exigencies also make government and law in the in-group, in order to prevent quarrels and enforce discipline.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Cannibalism was so primordial in the mores that it has two forms, one for the in-group, the other for the out-group.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Another use of cannibalism in the in-group is to annihilate one who has broken an important taboo.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • What is lacking is an authority which can impose commands on the in-group and extrude blood revenge from it.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Synonyms for in-group

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