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CLIQUISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cliquish mean?
• CLIQUISH (adjective)
The adjective CLIQUISH has 1 sense:
1. befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Familiarity information: CLIQUISH used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Synonyms:
clannish; cliquish; clubby; snobbish; snobby
Similar:
private (confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy)
Derivation:
cliquishness (tendency to associate with only a select group)
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