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Definition of clique in English: cliquenoun kliːk A small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them. his flat became a haven for a clique of young men of similar tastes Example sentencesExamples - It must also avoid cultural cliques and the editor must be ‘free and untrammelled’ by any committee or board.
- I had no idea that the smartest of the Indiana population had cliques.
- Its reputation in recent years has been that of a party dominated by small elite cliques.
- Strangers become friends, friends become cliques and cliques become vast drinking scenes.
- The tension is mostly created by Caz, Jules and Hen; their clique is the one the other girls most wish to join.
- There was never supposed to be any hierarchy in her classroom; no cliques were allowed.
- In our close-knit cliques we gossip about a variety of topics even though we complain about the parents who do it.
- The prestige and appeal of their manners radiated far beyond the exclusive social cliques of Damascus itself.
- The West generally ignored its own cultural cliques, who were regarded as peripheral and of no consequence to political events.
- At that time, he hadn't joined any of the cliques he could have, staying alone, talking to a few other guys at a minimum level.
- It was found that certain cliques of countries within the same geographic region, like Greece and Cyprus, are likely to vote similarly.
- I'm guessing that flying scene there resolves around individual cliques that communicate in private.
- Kellin always had these mixed up schemes to try and pull her into the popular clique.
- Cliques can be bad, when cliques start ganging up on other cliques, making mountains into molehills.
- I hope that you all will get to know him and allow him to join our wonderful clique.
- The hopes of the people have been dashed too many times to believe that they can rid the country of the ruling clique with the ballot.
- Not surprisingly, the school is as bad as the city; there are numerous gangs and cliques.
- Interestingly, cliques generally became less integrated as the number of minorities rose.
- There he catered to couples, snazzy middle-aged divorced female cliques and peevish teenagers.
- This procedure identified 13 distinct cliques over the course of the observation period.
Synonyms coterie, circle, inner circle, crowd, in-crowd, set, group pack, band, ring, mob, crew club, society, fraternity, sorority, fellowship camp cartel, cabal, junta, caucus, cell, lobby Australian/New Zealand push informal gang, bunch rare camarilla
Derivatives adjective ˈkliːkɪʃ (of a group or place) tending to form or hold exclusive groups and so not welcoming to outsiders. a notoriously cliquish political club Example sentencesExamples - They stand for upper-class, cliquish snobbery.
- The intensity of Louis' initial physical attraction to her allowed Pompadour to adapt to the extraordinarily cliquish and exclusive atmosphere of Versailles.
- Then around 12 or 13, kids get cliquish and cruel and that disgusted me.
nounˈkliːkɪʃnəs A new social system starts, and seems delightfully free of the elitism and cliquishness of the existing systems. Example sentencesExamples - Small world networks exhibit local cliquishness while exhibiting strong global connectivity.
- Not only would the overlapping of communities be encouraged but the cliquishness that plagues this campus will, hopefully, begin to be phased out.
Origin Early 18th century: from French, from Old French cliquer 'make a noise'; the modern sense is related to claque. Rhymes antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak Definition of clique in US English: cliquenoun A small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them. Example sentencesExamples - Cliques can be bad, when cliques start ganging up on other cliques, making mountains into molehills.
- The tension is mostly created by Caz, Jules and Hen; their clique is the one the other girls most wish to join.
- There he catered to couples, snazzy middle-aged divorced female cliques and peevish teenagers.
- Strangers become friends, friends become cliques and cliques become vast drinking scenes.
- The prestige and appeal of their manners radiated far beyond the exclusive social cliques of Damascus itself.
- Interestingly, cliques generally became less integrated as the number of minorities rose.
- The West generally ignored its own cultural cliques, who were regarded as peripheral and of no consequence to political events.
- There was never supposed to be any hierarchy in her classroom; no cliques were allowed.
- It must also avoid cultural cliques and the editor must be ‘free and untrammelled’ by any committee or board.
- The hopes of the people have been dashed too many times to believe that they can rid the country of the ruling clique with the ballot.
- Kellin always had these mixed up schemes to try and pull her into the popular clique.
- I had no idea that the smartest of the Indiana population had cliques.
- Its reputation in recent years has been that of a party dominated by small elite cliques.
- I hope that you all will get to know him and allow him to join our wonderful clique.
- In our close-knit cliques we gossip about a variety of topics even though we complain about the parents who do it.
- Not surprisingly, the school is as bad as the city; there are numerous gangs and cliques.
- At that time, he hadn't joined any of the cliques he could have, staying alone, talking to a few other guys at a minimum level.
- This procedure identified 13 distinct cliques over the course of the observation period.
- I'm guessing that flying scene there resolves around individual cliques that communicate in private.
- It was found that certain cliques of countries within the same geographic region, like Greece and Cyprus, are likely to vote similarly.
Synonyms coterie, circle, inner circle, crowd, in-crowd, set, group
Origin Early 18th century: from French, from Old French cliquer ‘make a noise’; the modern sense is related to claque. |