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Cliques

A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

📖 Definitions of "Cliques"

noun
  1. 1

    A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

    "This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques."

  2. 2

    A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

    "The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete."

  3. 3

    A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.

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coterienounA circle of individuals who associate with one another for a common purpose.
inner circlenoun(idiomatic) The group comprising one's closest friends or associates.
ingroupnoun(sociology) The social group that one belongs to.
campnounAn outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.
packnounA bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
cerclesnounObsolete form of circle. [(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).]
circlesnoun"Circles (Just My Good Time)" is a 2005 collaborative single by Australian production duo Busface and British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, credited as Mademoiselle E.B. on all releases of the single.
groupsnounA number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
quartersnoun(by extension) The place where someone or something lives.
setsnoun(informal) Set theory.
surviveverb(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
syndicatesnounA group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
gangsnounthe second studio album by the Northern Irish post-rock band
friendshipsnoun(countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
misfitsnounan American punk rock band often recognized as the pioneers of the horror punk subgenre, blending punk and other musical influences with horror film themes and imagery.
bulliesnounA person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.
hierarchiesnounA social, religious, economic or political system or organization in which people or groups of people are ranked with some superior to others based on their status, authority or some other trait.
outcastsnounOne that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper.
territorialismnounTerritoriality: the assertion of rights to a territory
factionsnoun(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.

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