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  • noun quality of being cliquey

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Examples

  • There is no cliquiness or snobbery about the readings (believe me, I'd be the first to run if there were!) and there is no better way to find encouragment for your craft.

    Occasional Nudist Pumps Deltoids on The Road to Elvis Sharon Bakar 2005

  • There is no cliquiness or snobbery about the readings (believe me, I'd be the first to run if there were!) and there is no better way to find encouragment for your craft.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Prez might be interesting; some freshman is running against the treasurer, claiming the club being overrun by cliquiness (is that a word?) and other such things.

    elfpvke Diary Entry elfpvke 2007

  • It’s cliquiness driven by paranoia rather than camaraderie, but it has the same result. '"

    Paranoia rather than camaraderie 2009

  • It’s cliquiness driven by paranoia rather than camaraderie, but it has the same result. '"

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • It’s cliquiness driven by paranoia rather than camaraderie, but it has the same result. '"

    Paranoia rather than camaraderie 2009

  • If on the other hand there is a rich arrogant shit from Eton who thinks they can do something just because they're from Eton, who swats competition by nasty power-based cliquiness, then what they need is a serious facing off from the most powerful in the land.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

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