Meaning of CLANNISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'klanish
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- [adj] befitting or characteristic of those who inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
- [adj] characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty"
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| | Synonyms: | | cliquish, clubby, joint, private, snobbish, snobby |
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| | Definition: | | \Clan"nish\, a.
Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan;
disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique;
actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a
clan. -- {Clan"nish*ly}, adv. -- {Clan"nish*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | arrogant, cliquey, cliquish, contemptuous, contumelious, disdainful, elect, ethnic, ethnocentric, exclusive, family, genetic, gentile, gentilic, haughty, lineal, national, phyletic, phylogenetic, racial, scornful, select, selective, sneering, sniffy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, supercilious, toploftical, toplofty, totemic, tribal, withering |
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