out-group

[ out-groop ]

/ ˈaʊtˌgrup /

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noun Sociology.

people outside one's own group, especially as considered to be inferior or alien; a group perceived as other than one's own.

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Origin of out-group

First recorded in 1905–10; out- + group

Words nearby out-group

outgeneral, outgiving, outgo, outgoing, outgoings, out-group, outgrow, outgrowth, outguess, outgun, out-half

How to use out-group in a sentence

Cannibalism was so primordial in the mores that it has two forms, one for the in-group, the other for the out-group.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
This control by the in-group over its members makes for solidity and impenetrability in its relations with the out-group.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
He describes the transition from contacts of the out-group to those of the in-group, or from remote to intimate relations.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
Then among the looking-out group, crouched near the guns, goes a little gasp and mutter of excitement.
With Rimington|L. March Phillipps

British Dictionary definitions for out-group

out-group

noun

sociol persons excluded from an in-group

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