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Clannish

Clannish Meaning & Definition
Clannish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Clannish?

[adj] befitting or characteristic of those who inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
[adj] characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Clannish: cliquish | clubby | joint | private | snobbish | snobby

Related Terms | Find terms related to Clannish: arrogant | cliquey | cliquish | contemptuous | contumelious | disdainful | elect | ethnic | ethnocentric | exclusive | family | genetic | gentile | gentilic | haughty | lineal | national | phyletic | phylogenetic | racial | scornful | select | selective | sneering | sniffy | snobbish | snobby | snooty | snotty | supercilious | toploftical | toplofty | totemic | tribal | withering

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Clannish In Webster's Dictionary

\Clan"nish\, a. Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan. -- {Clan"nish*ly}, adv. -- {Clan"nish*ness}, n.

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