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Definition of Ingroup
1. Noun. An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
Generic synonyms: Band, Circle, Lot, Set
Specialized synonyms: Bloomsbury Group, Bohemia, Brain Trust, Kitchen Cabinet, Loop, Cabal, Camarilla, Faction, Junto, Junta, Military Junta, Maffia, Mafia, Faction, Sect, Galere, Rogue's Gallery, Hard Core
Definition of Ingroup
1. Noun. (systematics) In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ingroup
1. a group united by common interests [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ingroup
Literary usage of Ingroup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Identity? Theory, Politics, History: Theory, Politics, History by S. B. Bekker, Rachel Prinsloo (1999)
"Living in an ethnic residential area was probably also associated with long-lasting
friendships with ingroup members. In a quantitative and qualitative ..."
2. Violence in South Africa: A Variety of Perspectives by Elirea Bornman, René Van Eeden, Marie Wentzel (1998)
"This need is satisfied by a feeling of solidarity with members of the ingroup.
The ingroup provides an emotional bulwark against the wider - often ..."
3. Though All Things Differ: Pluralism as a Basis for Cooperation in Forests by Eva Wollenberg, Jon Anderson, Citlalli Lopez (2005)
"Such ingroup bias leads members of an ingroup to perceive members of an outgroup
... ingroup-outgroup biases are a major source of prejudice and need to be ..."
4. Hostage Negotiation: A Matter of Life and Death by Defense Information Access Network (1987)
"Also, try to break down any ingroup/outgroup distinctions. Studies have shown
that cooperation is at least twice as high with an ingroup as it is with an ..."
5. Understanding HIV/AIDS Stigma: A Theoretical and Methodological Analysisby Harriet Deacon, Inez Stephney, Sandra Prosalendis by Harriet Deacon, Inez Stephney, Sandra Prosalendis (2005)
"Disease stigmatisation can be defined as a social process by which people use
shared social representations to distance themselves and their ingroup from ..."
6. Formative Influences of Legal Development by Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore (1918)
"... the individual stimulus to its ingroup spread through the efforts of leading
men and its adoption as a religious ideal; its further expansion through ..."
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