ingroup
The included ones
An ingroup is a social group to which a person feels they belong—defined by shared identity, values, or characteristics.
The term appears in psychology and sociology to describe how people categorize others as "us" versus "them." Ingroup bias or ingroup favoritism describes the tendency to prefer members of one's own group: The study measured ingroup loyalty among sports fans.
The opposite is outgroup.
Related group sharing ancestry
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- familyRelated people together
- circleCurved closed shape
- networkInterconnected system
club · fellowship · collective · congregation · crew · team · guild · society
Wholeness through cohesion
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
- brotherhoodKinship among men
sisterhood · bonding · trust · allegiance · devotion · mutual support · tribalism · esprit de corps
State of belonging
- belongingState of fitting in
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- inclusionBeing made part
- affiliationFormal organizational connection
integration · initiation · admittance · entry · enrollment · recruitment · accession · involvement
Limited to one group
- selectiveChoosing with care
- insularNarrow in outlook
- clannishExclusionary toward outsiders
- cliquishExcluding those outside one's group
elitist · gatekeeping · closed · private · restrictive · parochial · xenophobic · unwelcoming
Joint effort toward shared aim
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
consensus · interdependence · coordination · collaboration · togetherness · unison · cohesiveness · shared values
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
network · club · fellowship · collective · congregation · crew · team · guild · society · clique
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- camaraderieGoodwill among companions
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
brotherhood · sisterhood · bonding · trust · allegiance · devotion · mutual support · tribalism · esprit de corps · band of brothers
membership
State of belonging
- belongingState of fitting in
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- inclusionBeing made part
affiliation · integration · initiation · admittance · entry · enrollment · recruitment · accession · involvement · participation
exclusive
Limited to one group
cliquish · elitist · gatekeeping · closed · private · restrictive · parochial · xenophobic · unwelcoming · members-only
teamwork
Joint effort toward shared aim
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
rapport · consensus · interdependence · coordination · collaboration · togetherness · unison · cohesiveness · shared values · common ground
- human groupstribe, clan, class, caste, crowd
- group identitytribe, belonging, ethnicity, nationality, culture
- inner circlesinner circle, inner ring, inner sanctum, in-crowd, clique
- tribalismtribalism, us versus them, us-vs-them, clannishness, sectarianism
- polarizationpolarizer, divide, polarized light, divisiveness, polarizing filter
- phylogeneticscladogram, clade, phylogeny, phylogenetics, cladistics