in-group

American  

[in-groop] / ˈɪnˌgrup /

Or ingroup

noun

Sociology.

1. a group of people sharing similar interests and attitudes, producing feelings of solidarity, community, and exclusivity.

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in-group British  

noun

1. sociol a highly cohesive and relatively closed social group characterized by the preferential treatment reserved for its members and the strength of loyalty between them Compare out-group

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Etymology

Origin of in-group

First recorded in 1905–10; in- ¹ + group

Example Sentences

I wasn’t in the in-group, you know, the most popular kids.

From The Wall Street Journal

A vice signaler typically violates moral or other standards of an out-group precisely in order to look good to the fellow members of some in-group.

From Salon

And the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior.

From Salon

“An autocracy needs to create an in-group versus an out-group,” Corrales explained.

From Slate

White women like Good are not just dissenters within the racial in-group, however, they are proof that the entire white nationalist story about inheritance and destiny is unstable.

From Salon

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