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Ingroup vs Outgroup - What's the difference?

ingroup | outgroup |

Outgroup is a antonym of ingroup.



In systematics terms the difference between ingroup and outgroup

is that ingroup is in cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study while outgroup is in cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.

In sociology terms the difference between ingroup and outgroup

is that ingroup is the social group that one belongs to while outgroup is the group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.

ingroup

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (systematics) In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study.
  • * 2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436:?
    • A cladistic analysis of 45 ingroup and two outgroup taxa was performed on the basis of 134 characters.
  • (sociology) The social group that one belongs to.
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    • You will learn a lot about formal and informal Japanese language throughout this book. In Japanese society a distinction is made between the 'in-group' (myself, my family, my work colleagues, my friends) and the 'out-group' (my seniors, people from other families and workplaces). Politeness is an important traditional aspect of Japanese life and this is reflected strongly in the language used when speaking to those in the out-group. More informal language is generally used within the in-group .

    Antonyms

    * (systematics) outgroup * (sociology) outgroup

    Anagrams

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    outgroup

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (systematics) In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.
  • * 2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436:?
    • A cladistic analysis of 45 ingroup and two outgroup taxa was performed on the basis of 134 characters.
  • (sociology) The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.

    • Antonyms

    * (systematics) ingroup * (sociology) ingroup