in-group
Example Sentences
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I wasn’t in the in-group, you know, the most popular kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
This suggests that rivalry strengthens in-group bonds and reinforces social identity.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
So if you decide to exclude someone from a paradigm, you have to change the rules and you have to define who is in the in-group and who is in the out-group.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2025
"So, unless we do something about stereotypical judgments and in-group bias, and the many other ways in which unfairness can undermine our workplaces, meritocracy indeed remains a myth."
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
To what extent does the dependence of the solidarity of the in-group upon its relations with the out-groups have a bearing upon present international relations?
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
