"cliquish" meaning in English

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      "word": "cliquishly"
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      "word": "cliquishness"
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  "etymology_text": "From clique + -ish.",
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      "form": "more cliquish",
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "Of or pertaining to a clique."
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "of a clique",
          "word": "小集團的"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎo jítuán de",
          "sense": "of a clique",
          "word": "小集团的"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎo quānzi de",
          "sense": "of a clique",
          "word": "小圈子的"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "pàixì de",
          "sense": "of a clique",
          "word": "派系的"
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        {
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          "sense": "of a clique",
          "word": "kliek-"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of a clique",
          "word": "klikki-"
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          "ref": "2005 February 8, Timothy Williams, “In Addition to His Pugnacity and Charm, He Can Write Poetry”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "But Mr. Kleinzahler, 55, noted both for poems that jarringly marry the high and the low and for keeping his distance from the New York illuminati, has found himself late in his career in a rather awkward spot: the cusp of respectability in the cliquish world of poetry.",
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        "Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group."
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
          "word": "有小集團傾向的"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
          "word": "有小集团倾向的"
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒu xiǎo jítuán qīngxiàng de",
          "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
          "word": "有 小集团倾向的"
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          "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
          "word": "kliek-"
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          "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkliːkɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɪkɪʃ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːkɪʃ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪkɪʃ"
    }
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  "word": "cliquish"
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      "word": "cliquishly"
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  "etymology_text": "From clique + -ish.",
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      "form": "more cliquish",
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    },
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      "form": "most cliquish",
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        "Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkliːkɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɪkɪʃ/"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "of a clique",
      "word": "小集團的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎo jítuán de",
      "sense": "of a clique",
      "word": "小集团的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎo quānzi de",
      "sense": "of a clique",
      "word": "小圈子的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "pàixì de",
      "sense": "of a clique",
      "word": "派系的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of a clique",
      "word": "kliek-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a clique",
      "word": "klikki-"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
      "word": "有小集團傾向的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
      "word": "有小集团倾向的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǒu xiǎo jítuán qīngxiàng de",
      "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
      "word": "有 小集团倾向的"
    },
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
      "word": "kliek-"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to associate with a small group",
      "word": "klikkiytyvä"
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  "word": "cliquish"
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