in-group
noun
a group of people sharing similar interests and attitudes, producing feelings of solidarity, community, and exclusivity.
ingroup
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a variation of
in-group.
Example Sentences
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Contrary to prevalent wisdom that ingroup members always judge other ingroup members more favorably than outgroup members, they found that people made harsher moral judgments against the ingroup transgressor.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023
As with the football fans, there seems to be both intense ingroup bonding and intense hostility to those in a rival group or perhaps someone excluded from all groups.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2013
By comparing ingroup members to each other and to the outgroup members, we can determine which characteristics are evolutionary modifications determining the branch points of the ingroup’s phylogeny.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Because studies of ingroup and outgroup thinking show that people who disagree with us are seen as im moral.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2012
The chart below plots quarterbacks based on their positive power score and ingroup affiliation score.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2011
