1.
[syn: clannishness, cliquishness, exclusiveness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
clannishness \clan"nish*ness\ n.
1. a tendency to associate with only a select group.
Syn: cliquishness, exclusiveness.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a tendency to associate with only one's own clan; the
propensity to display the sentiments, habits, and
prejudices of one's own clan.
[PJC]
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):
clannishness
n 1: tendency to associate with only a select group [syn:
clannishness, cliquishness, exclusiveness]