out-group

American  

[out-groop] / ˈaʊtˌgrup /

noun

Sociology.

1. 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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out-group British  

noun

1. sociol persons excluded from an in-group

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Etymology

Origin of out-group

First recorded in 1905–10; out- + group

Example Sentences

So if you decide to exclude someone from a paradigm, you have to change the rules and you have to define who is in the in-group and who is in the out-group.

From Slate

This linkage makes sense, MacWilliams told Salon, because authoritarianism is all about in-group versus out-group thinking.

From Salon

This leader and his propagandists mine the resentment, hostility, anxiety and frustration of a disaffected population and direct it an out-group.

From Salon

Our "foodways" – our cultural and social practices regarding the creation and consumption of food – are where community, connection and in-group/out-group dynamics are formed.

From Salon

So some conspiracy claims, even in the claim themselves, name the in-group or name the out-group.

From Salon