clannishness
noun [ U ] disapproving uk/ˈklæn.ɪʃ.nəs/ us/ˈklæn.ɪʃ.nəs/
搞小集团的做法，拉帮结派的行为
behaviour that is friendly and helpful only to other people in your group, but not to people outside the group
There have been complaints about the clannishness and secretiveness of the Church. 有投诉指责该教派搞拉帮结派、遮遮掩掩的活动。
Clannishness can exist between different ethnic groups. 不同种族团体间会产生排外情绪。
See: clannish
- More examples
- There was a harmful clannishness between the different nationalities at the club.
- The newcomers became resentful of the local population's almost tribal clannishness.
- The O'Dwyers had that clannishness that made them stick together in spite of politics.