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- Dictionaryclan·nish/ˈklaniSH/
adjective
- 1. (of a group or their activities) tending to exclude others outside the group: derogatory "they are a clannish lot with no time for foreigners"
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Clannish means of or relating to a clan, or tending to associate only with a select group of similar background or status. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries of clannish.
Clannish means friendly to people in the same group, but not to outsiders. Learn how to use this adjective with examples from literature, corpus and Wikipedia.
adjective. of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan. inclined to associate exclusively with the members of one's own group; cliquish: the clannish behavior of the original members of the country club. Synonyms: narrow, aloof, distant, snobbish, exclusive. imbued with or influenced by the sentiments, prejudices, or the like, of a clan. clannish.
Clannish means friendly to people in the same group, but not to outsiders. Learn how to use this adjective with examples from literature and translations in different languages.
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a clan. 2. inclined to associate exclusively with the members of one's own group; cliquish. the clannish behavior of the original members of the country club. 3. imbued with or influenced by the sentiments, prejudices, or the like, of a clan.
befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. synonyms: cliquish, clubby, elitist, snobbish, snobby. private. confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy.
Definition of clannish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
