reference group

noun

Sociology.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of reference group¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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The government said advice and leadership on allergies is already provided by a clinical reference group.

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