About The Word Clannish
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Clannish
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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 See Also | 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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