in-group
Example Sentences
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“An autocracy needs to create an in-group versus an out-group,” Corrales explained.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
Their goodwill is awkward, as it must be when an in-group member tries to commiserate with “the other,” but it is, nonetheless, sympathy, which is to say concern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
This suggests that rivalry strengthens in-group bonds and reinforces social identity.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
So some conspiracy claims, even in the claim themselves, name the in-group or name the out-group.
From Salon ● May 5, 2024
He describes the transition from contacts of the out-group to those of the in-group, or from remote to intimate relations.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Robert Ezra Park
