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clannish

[ klan-ish ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
inclined to associate exclusively with the members of one's own group; cliquish:
the clannish behavior of the original members of the country club.
Synonyms: narrow, aloof, distant, snobbish, exclusive
imbued with or influenced by the sentiments, prejudices, or the like, of a clan.

clannish

/ ˈklænɪʃ /

of or characteristic of a clan
tending to associate closely within a limited group to the exclusion of outsiders; cliquish

First recorded in 1770–80; clan + -ish ¹

For better or worse, we are clannish beings, and this has done much to shape our history.

From Time

Naturally so clannish a woman as Mrs. Gano had not let the years go by without much solicitude on behalf of her orphan grandchild.

Any infringement upon this moral code was punished by death to the woman and to her out-clannish lover.

Unfortunately, also, Negroes are not by nature altruistic, not clannish like the Jews.

They proved much more clannish than the Bohemians and more reluctant to conform to American customs.

They remain, however, very clannish and according to the Federal Industrial Commission, without the "desire to fuse socially."

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