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intergroup

[ in-ter-groop ]

adjective

, Sociology.
  1. taking place or being between groups:

    intergroup relationships.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of intergroup1

First recorded in 1880–85; inter- + group

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Example Sentences

These cases already show us the distinction between intragroup money and intergroup money.

In intergroup affairs, therefore, the relations sooner become impersonal and mechanical.

Thus group money arose from property; intergroup money from trade.

Here the effect of intergroup trade has been to change the skin which was taken as the unit.

As a rule, the outcome of episodes of intergroup competition is geographic exclusion.

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