reference group

American  

noun

Sociology.

1. a group with which an individual identifies and whose values the individual accepts as guiding principles.

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Etymology

Origin of reference group

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Survivors in the reference group for a cross-departmental consultation body have written the letter to the First Minister Michelle O'Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly.

From BBC

The report will form the basis of recommendations by an interdepartmental working group and a survivors' reference group to the first and deputy first ministers.

From BBC

Worldwide in the same period, the Global Reference Group on Children Affected by COVID-19 and medical journal BMJ peg that number at about 10.5 million orphans.

From Salon

Baillie adds that there is already a national gender identity healthcare reference group and asks whether the newly proposed group will replace this.

From BBC

The Contest's Reference Group, its governing board, made the decision to accept the song 'Hurricane' for the upcoming competition after careful scrutiny of the lyrics.

From BBC