clannish
/klan-ish/US // ˈklæn ɪʃ //UK // (ˈklænɪʃ) //
氏族式的,氏族性,氏族,氏族的
Related Words
akin相似的,类似的,相似,相似者alike类似于,同类,类似的,有如close关闭,密切,结束,靠近insular孤陋寡闻,孤立的,孤立无援的,孤僻的like喜欢,像,如,喜爱narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小related相关,相关的,有关,有关的reserved保留,保留的,保留的权利restrictive限制性的,限制性,限制性条款,严格的sectarian教派,宗派,宗派主义,宗派性unfriendly不友好,不友好的,不友善的,不友善associative联想,关联性,联系性,联想的cliquish狭隘的,小气,小气的,狭隘restricting限制,限制性,限制性的,限制的unreceptive不接受,不接受的,不肯接受,拒绝接受
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
- : inclined to associate exclusively with the members of one's own group; cliquish: the clannish behavior of the original members of the country club.
- : imbued with or influenced by the sentiments, prejudices, or the like, of a clan.
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.exclusive, select
Synonyms
akin相似的,类似的,相似,相似者alike类似于,同类,类似的,有如associative联想,关联性,联系性,联想的cliquish狭隘的,小气,小气的,狭隘close关闭,密切,结束,靠近insular孤陋寡闻,孤立的,孤立无援的,孤僻的like喜欢,像,如,喜爱narrow狭窄的,窄小的,缩小,窄小related相关,相关的,有关,有关的reserved保留,保留的,保留的权利restricting限制,限制性,限制性的,限制的restrictive限制性的,限制性,限制性条款,严格的sectarian教派,宗派,宗派主义,宗派性unfriendly不友好,不友好的,不友善的,不友善unreceptive不接受,不接受的,不肯接受,拒绝接受
Examples
For better or worse, we are clannish beings, and this has done much to shape our history.
Naturally so clannish a woman as Mrs. Gano had not let the years go by without much solicitude on behalf of her orphan grandchild.
Any infringement upon this moral code was punished by death to the woman and to her out-clannish lover.
Unfortunately, also, Negroes are not by nature altruistic, not clannish like the Jews.
They proved much more clannish than the Bohemians and more reluctant to conform to American customs.
They remain, however, very clannish and according to the Federal Industrial Commission, without the "desire to fuse socially."
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