outgroup

Those not included

An outgroup is a social group to which a person does not belong or identify, as opposed to the ingroup they consider themselves part of.

The term comes from sociology and psychology, where it describes how people categorize others as "them" versus "us." Outgroup members are often perceived as more homogeneous and may be viewed with suspicion, hostility, or indifference.

Politicians often exploit outgroup fears to rally their base.

exclusion

ostracism

Banishment from a group

marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
segregationForced separation by group
discriminationUnjust differential treatment

rejection · shunning · banishment · expulsion · blacklisting · boycott · excommunication · pariah · scapegoat · untouchable

psychology

bias

Unfair inclination or prejudice

prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
discriminationUnjust differential treatment

ethnocentrism · xenophobia · tribalism · favoritism · homogeneity · conformity · groupthink · social identity · intergroup · dehumanization

identity

otherness

Quality of being unlike

differenceWay things contrast
strangerPerson not yet known
outsiderOne excluded from group

foreigner · nonnative · them · they · alien · nonmember · minority · immigrant · diaspora · refugee

sociology

minority

Smaller part of whole

marginalizedPushed to society's edges
subordinateOne lower in rank
underclassLowest socioeconomic group

subculture · counterculture · fringe · peripheral · deviant · nonconformist · dissenter · heretic · sect · faction

taxonomy

classification

Systematic grouping by traits

categoryA class of things
subsetCollection within collection
partitionBarrier separating spaces

division · class · type · sort · kind · taxonomy · cladistics · species · phylogeny · categorization

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otherness

minority

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