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[syn: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clannish \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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clannish
adj 1: characteristic of a clan especially in being unified;
"clannish loyalty"
2: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social
exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people
considered inferior [syn: clannish, cliquish, clubby,
snobbish, snobby]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "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