outgroup

English

noun
Definitions
  • (sociology) The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.
  • (systematics) In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.

Etymology

Prefix from English group.

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English

group

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