ingroup

Other forms of ingroup

plural

ingroups·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ingroup

What does ingroup mean?

ingroup means "an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose".

How many syllables are in ingroup?

ingroup has 2 syllables and divides as in-group under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ingroup?

Close synonyms include clique, coterie, inner circle, pack, camp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ingroup a common word?

ingroup is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.