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Definitions of clannish in various dictionaries:
adj - characteristic of a clan especially in being unified
adj - befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
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| (of a group or their activities) tending to exclude others outside the group. |
| used to describe members of a group of people or society who are friendly to each other, but not to people outside the group |
| Of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan. |
| Inclined to cling together as a group and exclude outsiders. |
| befitting or characteristic of those who inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior |
| characteristic of a clan especially in being unified |
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A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. Clans in indigenous societies tend to be exogamous, meaning that their members cannot marry one another. Clans preceded more centralized forms of community organization and government, and exist in every country. Members may identify with a coat of arms or other symbol to show they are an independent clan. The kinship-based bonds may also have a symbolic ancestor, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a symbol of the clan's unity. When this "ancestor" is non-human, it is referred to as a totem, which is frequently an animal. * The word clan is derived from the Gaelic clann meaning "children" or "progeny"; it is not from the word for "family" in either Irish or Scottish Gaelic. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was introduced into English in around 1425, as |