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Cliques
A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
📖 Definitions of "Cliques"
- 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
A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
"The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete."
- 3
A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cliques"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| coterienoun | A 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. |
| campnoun | An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures. |
| packnoun | A 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. |
| cerclesnoun | Obsolete 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. |
| groupsnoun | A 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. |
| syndicatesnoun | A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group. |
| gangsnoun | the second studio album by the Northern Irish post-rock band |
| friendshipsnoun | (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends. |
| misfitsnoun | an 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. |
| bulliesnoun | A 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. |
| hierarchiesnoun | A 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. |
| outcastsnoun | One that has been excluded from a society or a system, a pariah, a leper. |
| territorialismnoun | Territoriality: 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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