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ingroup

noun ingroups

The social group that one belongs to. You will learn a lot about formal and informal Japanese language throughout this book. In Japanese society a distinction is made between the 'in-group' (myself, my family, my work colleagues, my friends) and the 'out-group' (my seniors, people from other families and workplaces). Politeness is an im
Opposite: outgroup
In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study. A cladistic analysis of 45 ingroup and two outgroup taxa was performed on the basis of 134 characters.
Opposite: outgroup

verb ingroups · ingrouping · ingrouped

To form an ingroup.

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Español	endogrupo, intragrupo

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@misc{ingroup_2026,
  title = {ingroup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ingroup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}