Definition for out-group - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	out-group (out-group) noun 1 Sociology those people who do not belong to a specific in-group. 2 Biology a group of organisms not belonging to the group whose evolutionary relationships are being investigated. Such a group is used for comparison, to assess which characteristics of the group being studied are more widely distributed and may therefore be older in origin.		More words in this category atomize C 1 casework 1 celebutante D 1 destitution familist free love insularity intemperance leniency life table manliness panel study sex typing social network sociology upper middle class Nearby Words out out and out out basket out island out of date out relief out tray out- out-and-outer out-group out-half out-of-area out-of-body experience out-of-court out-of-town out-take out-talk out-think out-thrust