"ingroup" meaning in English

See ingroup in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ingroups [plural]
Etymology: From in- + group. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|group}} in- + group Head templates: {{en-noun}} ingroup (plural ingroups)
  1. (sociology) The social group that one belongs to. Categories (topical): Sociology, Collectives
    Sense id: en-ingroup-en-noun-DvCPOq7Z Disambiguation of Collectives: 54 46 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 45 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 44 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 45 2 Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
  2. (systematics) In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study. Categories (topical): Taxonomy, Collectives
    Sense id: en-ingroup-en-noun-eK66Xnk7 Disambiguation of Collectives: 54 46 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 45 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 31 55 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 44 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 54 45 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: in-joke

Verb

Forms: ingroups [present, singular, third-person], ingrouping [participle, present], ingrouped [participle, past], ingrouped [past]
Etymology: From in- + group. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|group}} in- + group Head templates: {{en-verb}} ingroup (third-person singular simple present ingroups, present participle ingrouping, simple past and past participle ingrouped)
  1. To form an ingroup.
    Sense id: en-ingroup-en-verb-w9bhY~IK

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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