Clannish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clannish \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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clannish
       adj 1: characteristic of a clan especially in being unified;
              "clannish loyalty"
       2: befitting or characteristic of those who inclined to social
          exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people
          considered inferior [syn: {cliquish}, {clubby}, {snobbish},
           {snobby}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "clannish":
     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