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  • noun systematics In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study.
  • noun sociology The social group that one belongs to.

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Examples

  • In anthropological terms, an ingroup is the group you identify with.

    Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001

  • In anthropological terms, an ingroup is the group you identify with.

    Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001

  • In anthropological terms, an ingroup is the group you identify with.

    Managing Strategic Relationships Leonard Greenhalgh 2001

  • Other recent studies suggest that we are can change or expand our "ingroup" depending on the ways we define ourselves.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • In particular, the points he makes about "ingroup" ness, "sanctity", and "authority" point to the goal of current republican attacks on Obama and why they make Democrats so nervous.

    NYT > Opinion 2008

  • In particular, the points he makes about "ingroup" ness, "sanctity", and "authority" point to the goal of current republican attacks on Obama and why they make Democrats so nervous.

    NYT > Opinion 2008

  • Finally, the children tend to be more inequality averse in dealing with "ingroup" members, or children from their own school or day care.

    Primates in the News 2008

  • In particular, the points he makes about "ingroup" ness, "sanctity", and "authority" point to the goal of current republican attacks on Obama and why they make Democrats so nervous.

    NYT > Opinion 2008

  • In particular, the points he makes about "ingroup" ness, "sanctity", and "authority" point to the goal of current republican attacks on Obama and why they make Democrats so nervous.

    NYT > Opinion 2008

  • In particular, the points he makes about "ingroup" ness, "sanctity", and "authority" point to the goal of current republican attacks on Obama and why they make Democrats so nervous.

    NYT > Opinion 2008

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