clannish
Origin of clannish
1Other words for clannish
Other words from clannish
- clan·nish·ly, adverb
- clan·nish·ness, noun
- un·clan·nish, adjective
- un·clan·nish·ly, adverb
- un·clan·nish·ness, noun
Words Nearby clannish
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How to use clannish in a sentence
For better or worse, we are clannish beings, and this has done much to shape our history.
Madeleine Albright: 'Us vs. Them' Thinking Is Tearing America Apart. But Here's Why I'm Still Hopeful About the Future | Madeleine Albright | January 15, 2021 | TimeNaturally so clannish a woman as Mrs. Gano had not let the years go by without much solicitude on behalf of her orphan grandchild.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsAny infringement upon this moral code was punished by death to the woman and to her out-clannish lover.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity | Ali NomadUnfortunately, also, Negroes are not by nature altruistic, not clannish like the Jews.
The Soul of John Brown | Stephen GrahamThey proved much more clannish than the Bohemians and more reluctant to conform to American customs.
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. Orth
They remain, however, very clannish and according to the Federal Industrial Commission, without the "desire to fuse socially."
Our Foreigners | Samuel P. Orth
British Dictionary definitions for clannish
/ (ˈklænɪʃ) /
of or characteristic of a clan
tending to associate closely within a limited group to the exclusion of outsiders; cliquish
Derived forms of clannish
- clannishly, adverb
- clannishness, noun
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