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Definition of Cliquism
1. n. The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.
Definition of Cliquism
1. Noun. The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cliquism
1. the tendency to form cliques [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cliquism
Literary usage of Cliquism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1865)
"Of all things that tend most to harm the cause of art in this nineteenth century,
I cannot but think that of narrow cliquism is perhaps the greatest; ..."
2. Curiosities of Criticism by Henry James Jennings (1881)
"The more glaring evils of critical cliquism have disappeared. Now and then, one
meets with an indiscreet panegyric of some worthless work, or an ignorant ..."
3. The Medical Critic and Guide (1907)
"He tried to convince us that we were entirely mistaken ; that there was no such
a thing as cliquism in the Association, that the officers were "unselfish ..."
4. Proceedings of the Connecticut Medical Society by Connecticut Medical Society (1850)
"cliquism is apt to creep in, and it sometimes exerts so deleterious an influence
that many condemn such associations altogether upon this ground. ..."
5. The Army and Navy Magazine (1884)
"Nowhere is cliquism so rampant. Heroes of coteries abound in every large station.
It is true that, promoted to higher duties on the strength of their local ..."
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