cliquish
[ klee-kish, klik-ish ]
Origin of cliquish
1Other words from cliquish
- cli·quish·ly, adverb
- cli·quish·ness, noun
Words Nearby cliquish
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How to use cliquish in a sentence
It’s a very cliquish environment and everybody kind of knows everybody.
Musical adventurer Rufus Wainwright returns to touring, plays D.C. Sept. 28 | Joey DiGuglielmo | September 16, 2021 | Washington BladeThey set up a society that feels like high school on speed—oppressive and cliquish, only way more so.
‘The Bone Season’ Could Be the Next ‘Hunger Games,’ But Is It Any Good? | Leila Sales | August 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I would rather see the inevitable mistakes made by a democratic rather than a cliquish system of voting.
Any system, in fact, which involves “double election” tends to make the body concerned hidebound and cliquish.
Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day | Alfred Farthing Robbins
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