cliquish

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cliquish

/ˈkliːkɪʃ/
/ˈklɪkɪʃ/

Rhymes with -iːkɪʃ, -ɪkɪʃ

adjective more cliquish · most cliquish

Of or pertaining to a clique.
Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group. But Mr. Kleinzahler, 55, noted both for poems that jarringly marry the high and the low and for keeping his distance from the New York illuminati, has found himself late in his career in a rather awkward spot: the cusp of respectability in the cliquish world of poetry.

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adj of a clique

中文	小集團的 /小集团的 xiǎo jítuán de, 小圈子的 xiǎo quānzi de, 派系的 pàixì de

adj tending to associate with a small group

中文	有小集團傾向的 /有小集团倾向的, 有小集团倾向的 yǒu xiǎo jítuán qīngxiàng de

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@misc{cliquish_2026,
  title = {cliquish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cliquish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}