intergroup

[ in-ter-groop ]

adjective

, Sociology.

1. taking place or being between groups:

   intergroup relationships.

Word History and Origins

Origin of intergroup¹

First recorded in 1880–85; inter- + group

Example Sentences

So this issue has been associated with this already vitriolic and hostile intergroup conflict.

From Washington Post

One central piece of intergroup conflict is a switch in viewing your enemies from full-blown humans to dehumanized entities that you do not ascribe all the things that you typically ascribe to a person.

From ProPublica

Critics doubted there could have been enough intergroup mating back then to allow a small, globally scattered population to remain as one.

From Science News

More broadly, companies should never offer one-off perks without considering the broader policy implications and how a perk may create a distinction that produces intergroup and status reactions.

From Time

I was determined to pursue a career researching the neural mechanisms of intergroup relations.

From Nautilus

These cases already show us the distinction between intragroup money and intergroup money.

From Project Gutenberg

In intergroup affairs, therefore, the relations sooner become impersonal and mechanical.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus group money arose from property; intergroup money from trade.

From Project Gutenberg

Here the effect of intergroup trade has been to change the skin which was taken as the unit.

From Project Gutenberg

As a rule, the outcome of episodes of intergroup competition is geographic exclusion.

From Project Gutenberg