Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being clannish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a tendency to associate with only a select group.
- noun a tendency to associate with only one's own clan; the propensity to display the sentiments, habits, and prejudices of one's own clan.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the state of being
clannish
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tendency to associate with only a select group
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word clannishness.
Examples
-
Their so-called clannishness, their solidarity, has many exceptions.
Skinny Legs and All Robbins, Tom 1990
-
Family ties superimposed on clan clannishness, which is the blood heritage of the Highland Scotch, made it impossible for him to feel otherwise.
Poor Man's Rock Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
-
The latter are chiefly an expression of the predatory impulse simply; the former are more specifically an expression of that heritage of clannishness which is so large a feature in the temperament of the predatory barbarian.
The theory of the leisure class; an economic study of institutions 1899
-
The latter are chiefly an expression of the predatory impulse simply; the former are more specifically an expression of that heritage of clannishness which is so large a feature in the temperament of the predatory barbarian.
Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen 1893
-
Our so-called "clannishness" is not the issue here.
Articles 2009
-
"clannishness" but also on the "licentiousness" of the Jewish population, manifesting itself in congregating on the streets, and similar grave crimes.
History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) I. [Translator] Friedlaender 1900
-
Scotch of long ago, it is true, but none the less Scotch, with a thousand traits, to say nothing of their tricks of speech and woolly utterance, which nothing less than their Scotch clannishness could have preserved to this late day.
SAMUEL 2010
-
Then it was that that clannishness, which was his to so extraordinary a degree, asserted itself.
-
It's large scale corporate enterprise and clannishness that aren't very compatible.
Culture, Capitalism, and Freedom, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
-
If he had scant sympathy with their social clannishness, he was with them in fighting discrimination.
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.