clubbiness
Americannoun
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the quality of being socially exclusive or cliquish.
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the quality of being congenial, cozy, or sociable.
Example Sentences
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She cites the clubbiness between journalists and politicians in the pre-Watergate era, which afforded politicians a level of privacy that, as public servants, they simply weren’t entitled to.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
In place of it there is only clubbiness and deceit.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2016
“Lip Sync Battle” is looser and grittier—more Spike TV—than Fallon’s show, allowing for a hint of Kimmel-esque celebrities-messing-with-each-other ho-ho clubbiness.
From The New Yorker ● May 28, 2015
Kleiner has invested in Uber, Nest, Dropcam, Waze, and Snapchat, but I was shocked with all this clubbiness that no one mentioned golf.
From The Verge ● Apr. 2, 2015
This kind of rationalization might mostly take place in our lizard brains, but I'd argue that it's the reason why the literary world—a famously insular community to begin with—has become mired in clubbiness and glad-handing.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2012
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