secondary group

noun

Sociology.

1. a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.

Example Sentences

At 7:30 p.m., around eight police vehicles and a group of about 50 officers in riot gear closed in on a group of protesters on North Alameda Street, while a secondary group of protesters further back shouted “shame on you” at the officers.

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Motivated by Mack’s example, Still is poised for a breakout season as he competes for a larger role in a stacked secondary group.

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Islamic Jihad is a second, smaller Gaza-based militia that sometimes acts independently of Hamas, which does not always support the secondary group in its rocket wars with Israel, most notably in 2019.

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“That secondary group is now coming around,” Reinhard said.

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But for a secondary group of people, lockdown posed an opportunity to get obliterated on alcohol from the comfort of their own homes.

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