Cliquish


[klee-kish, klik-ish] /ˈkli kɪʃ, ˈklɪk ɪʃ/

adjective
1.
associating exclusively with the members of one’s own ; clannish.
2.
tending to divide into :
a cliquish neighborhood.
3.
of, relating to, or characteristic of a :
narrow, cliquish notions about art.
adj.

1839, from clique + -ish. Related: Cliquishly; cliquishness.

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