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Definition of Cliquish
1. Adjective. Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.
Similar to: Private
Derivative terms: Clannishness, Cliquishness, Club, Snobbishness, Snob
Definition of Cliquish
1. a. Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit.
Definition of Cliquish
1. Adjective. of or pertaining to a clique ¹
2. Adjective. tending to associate with a small and exclusive group ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cliquish
1. cliquey [adj] - See also: cliquey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cliquish
Literary usage of Cliquish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of English Secondary Section (1919)
"If he is particularly impressed with certain evils to be corrected, inter-class
strife, social cliquish- ness, inertness, and reluctance to participate hi ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1872)
"One result of these very narrow sympathies is that they live in a clique, and
the cliquish temper makes them, as I have said, profoundly unscientific. ..."
3. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski, Frederick Clarke (1922)
"... the system of preferences will widen his horizon and will counteract blind
sectarian intolerance and narrow cliquish exclusiveness. ..."
4. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1902)
"Exactly by what personal, or cliquish, or patriotic offences he was induced to
take the opposite line, belongs to the obscure, dull, and disgusting history ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1864)
"All profession's are apt to become cliquish, not to say shoppy ; and • the
introduction of non-professional men tends to enlarged vision and greater ..."
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