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Clannishness, by contrast, is about tight and exclusive blood bonds.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2017

Clannishness is an instinct of the heart,—it is more than a birthright, or a custom; and lesser rights were forgotten in the claim to a common inheritance.

From The Country of the Pointed Firs by Jewett, Sarah Orne