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Outgroup | Outgroups

Outgroup meaning

  1. The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.
  2. In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.

Using Outgroup

  • The main meaning on this page is: The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group. | In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.
  • In the example corpus, outgroup often appears in combinations such as: an outgroup.

Context around Outgroup

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

members 1×

Sentence patterns with Outgroup

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

antagonism against outgroup members see 1× between the outgroup and some 1× considered an outgroup to the 1× of an outgroup as both 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

p elongata p 1× racial discrimination often 1× states shared between 1× such altruism may 1×

Common sentence endings:

and morally inferior 1× group are synapomorphies 1× in group favoritism 1× p prolifica clade 1×

Words around Outgroup

Just before it in the word index:

outground 2 outgrossing 2 outgross 2 outgrew 32 outgone 3 outgoings 40

Just after it in the word index:

outgroups 4 outgrow 28 outgrowing 17 outgrown 73 outgrows 2 outgrowth 51

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Outgroup

  • In this selection, "outgroup" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, members stand out and add context to how "outgroup" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include antagonism against outgroup members see and between the outgroup and some. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "outgroup" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with outgroup

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Such altruism may only extend to ingroup members while there may instead prejudice and antagonism against outgroup members (See also in-group favoritism ). (23 words)

P. elongata, P. turneri and P. presidionis form another clade which could be considered an outgroup to the P. monacha, P.lucida, and P. prolifica clade. (26 words)

States shared between the outgroup and some members of the in-group are symplesiomorphies; states that are present only in a subset of the in-group are synapomorphies. (28 words)

Longer example sentences

Racial discrimination often coincides with racist mindsets, whereby the individuals and ideologies of one group come to perceive the members of an outgroup as both racially defined and morally inferior. (30 words)

States shared between the outgroup and some members of the in-group are symplesiomorphies; states that are present only in a subset of the in-group are synapomorphies. (28 words)

P. elongata, P. turneri and P. presidionis form another clade which could be considered an outgroup to the P. monacha, P.lucida, and P. prolifica clade. (26 words)

Example sentences (4)

P. elongata, P. turneri and P. presidionis form another clade which could be considered an outgroup to the P. monacha, P.lucida, and P. prolifica clade.

Racial discrimination often coincides with racist mindsets, whereby the individuals and ideologies of one group come to perceive the members of an outgroup as both racially defined and morally inferior.

States shared between the outgroup and some members of the in-group are symplesiomorphies; states that are present only in a subset of the in-group are synapomorphies.

Such altruism may only extend to ingroup members while there may instead prejudice and antagonism against outgroup members (See also in-group favoritism ).

Common combinations with outgroup

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • an outgroup 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "outgroup" in a sentence?
An example: "P. elongata, P. turneri and P. presidionis form another clade which could be considered an outgroup to the P. monacha, P.lucida, and P. prolifica clade." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "outgroup" from authentic English texts.
What does "outgroup" mean?
Outgroup means: The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.
How many example sentences with "outgroup" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "outgroup", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.