English Explanatory Dictionary

outgroup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

verb

To form an outgroup.

Word forms

outgroup outgroups outgrouping outgrouped

Etymology

From out- + group.

Antonyms

ingroup

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