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We have a lot of historical and religious baggage in our culture. It's ancient; we are clannish as a species. We like things to fit into boxes, and it's unfortunate because humans are unique and should be celebrated and embraced as such.
Sherri Saum

Meaning of "clannish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLANNISH

clannish  [ˈklænɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLANNISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clannish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLANNISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Clan

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a symbol of the clan's unity. When this "ancestor" is non-human, it is referred to as a totem, which is frequently an animal. Clans can be most easily described as tribes or sub-groups of tribes. The word clan is derived from clann meaning children or progeny but not family in the Irish language and Scottish Gaelic languages. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word was introduced into English around the year 1425 as a label for the tribal nature of the Scottish Highlands society. Clans in indigenous societies are likely to be exogamous, meaning that their members cannot marry one another. Clans preceded more centralized forms of community organization and government; they are located in every country. Members may identify with a coat of arms or other symbol to show they are an independent clan.

Definition of clannish in the English dictionary

The definition of clannish in the dictionary is of or characteristic of a clan. Other definition of clannish is tending to associate closely within a limited group to the exclusion of outsiders; cliquish.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLANNISH


banish
ˈbænɪʃ
corniche
ˈkɔːnɪʃ
Cornish
ˈkɔːnɪʃ
Danish
ˈdeɪnɪʃ
diminish
dɪˈmɪnɪʃ
evanish
ɪˈvænɪʃ
finish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
Finnish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
furnish
ˈfɜːnɪʃ
garnish
ˈɡɑːnɪʃ
mannish
ˈmænɪʃ
planish
ˈplænɪʃ
pollyannish
ˌpɒlɪˈænɪʃ
punish
ˈpʌnɪʃ
replenish
rɪˈplɛnɪʃ
Spanish
ˈspænɪʃ
tannish
ˈtænɪʃ
unmannish
ʌnˈmænɪʃ
vanish
ˈvænɪʃ
varnish
ˈvɑːnɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLANNISH

clandestineness
clandestinity
clang
clang association
clanger
clangor
clangorous
clangorously
clangour
clanjamfray
clank
clankingly
clanky
clannishly
clannishness
clanship
clansman
clansmen
clanswoman
clanswomen

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLANNISH

astonish
brownish
cartoonish
donnish
dunnish
fennish
gloss finish
hennish
hornish
Hunnish
nish
nunnish
refinish
Rhenish
tarnish
the Spanish
thinnish
tonnish
wannish
wennish

Synonyms and antonyms of clannish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CLANNISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «clannish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of clannish

Translation of «clannish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLANNISH

Find out the translation of clannish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clannish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clannish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

氏族
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clannish
570 millions of speakers

English

clannish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ख़ानदानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عشائري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

клановый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clannish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গোষ্ঠী-সংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clanique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bermusuhan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

clannish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

排他的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

씨족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clannish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trung thành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

clannish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिलखत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

klan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clannish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

clannish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

клановий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυλετικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kliekerig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

clannish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clannish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLANNISH»

The term «clannish» is normally little used and occupies the 114.012 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLANNISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clannish

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2 QUOTES WITH «CLANNISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word clannish.
1
Richard Flanagan
I grew up in a world that was clannish - old Tasmanian-Irish families with big extended families.
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Sherri Saum
We have a lot of historical and religious baggage in our culture. It's ancient; we are clannish as a species. We like things to fit into boxes, and it's unfortunate because humans are unique and should be celebrated and embraced as such.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLANNISH»

Discover the use of clannish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clannish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How Evolution Explains the Human Condition: Or, Why We See ...
What thus flowers becomes rooted in the brain, and very difficult to change, particularly when the person remains in a clannish lifestyle. So TVhat's 'Wrong with That? If humans are so comfortable with clannish thinking, what's wrong with just ...
Roger Bourke White Jr, 2013
2
The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver: Three Generations Amid ...
The community's clannish mentality also results in divisions. One Sikh man underlined: "There is clannish mentality. The community keeps getting divided - it should stick together. The younger generation whose parents are involved with ...
Kamala Elizabeth Nayar, 2004
3
Anti-Semitism in America
Jews are often seen as dishonest and unethical in business, proud and conceited, power hungry, overly clannish, and pushy and intrusive. In 1964, 37 percent of non- Jews were classified as being anti-Semitic on the basis of holding such ...
Harold Earl Quinley, Charles Young Glock, 1979
4
One Dimensional Cellular Automata
Figure 2.4: A clannish (3,1/2) automaton. An extreme example of subautomata is comprised of those for which every subset of states is closed with respect to the evolution. Their rules could be called xenophobic, or from a more sympathetic ...
Harold V. McIntosh, 2009
5
Short Essays
THIS narrow-minded fault is not confined to highland glens or highland clans, but every country and every creed has its bigoted, ignorant, and clannish persons. Religious denominations are far from free from it. No half-civilized bipeds could ...
T. Augustus Forbes Leith, 1879
6
A Gaelic Dictionary: In Two Parts I. Guelic and English. - ...
Clannish; in clans. Gu ci- neadach, clannishly. Cineadail, a. Clannish; fond of one's name or family. Cineadas, ais, s.m. Kindred, relationship; clannishness. Do chineadas c6rr, thy noble kindred. — Old Song. Cineadh, idh, s.m. An offspring, ...
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
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A Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed a New ...
Clannish; in clans. Gu ci- neadach, clannishly. Cineadail, a. Clannish; fond of one's naine or family. Cineadas, ais, s. m. Kindred, relationship ; clannishness. Do chineadas còrr, thy noble kindred. — Old Song. Cineadh, idh, s. m. An offspring, ...
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
8
The Psychology of Stereotyping
A person who asserts that a small percentage ofjews are clannish (say, 30%) would still hold a stereotype thatjews are clannish if he or she believed that only 10% of non-jews had this trait. However, even traits that are highly characteristic of ...
David J. Schneider, 2005
9
Songs and Gifts at the Frontier
But because of clannish-ness, particularly in that the Madrids had already constrained their outside relations seemingly only with the Milanos and not the Pacis, Delia seemed to have relinquished her Madrid connection, almost on some kind ...
Jose S. Buenconsejo, 2013
10
Kinship in the Altaic World: Proceedings of the 48th ...
In the Mongolian clannish society, an individual was considered either "kin" uruy/ urag, or "alien", zad25 The concept of "alien" is perceived as "alien to the patrilineal clan" more precisely non agnatic, as zad, aliens are including the clans of the ...
Elena Vladimirovna Boĭkova, R. B. Rybakov, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLANNISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clannish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Boston Marathon bomber files motion seeking new trial
At his business heroin prosecution on June 24, the 21-year-old clannish Chechen apologized and let he and his awesome now-dead mature ... «Vocal Republic, Jul 15»
2
Atticus Lish and Next Lives
... the many different Chinese dialects and the Pidgin English that serves as common speech as well as the clannish tensions that push Zou Lei ... «Commonweal, Jul 15»
3
Age of Reptiles: Ancient Egyptians #2 Review
... time, showing us other creatures that inhabit the area and the way they fight for themselves and those they protect in a clannish kind of way. «The Fandom Post, Jul 15»
4
Radicals can't match Quranic infographics
The clannish and pedantic approach of many members of the religious elite has negatively affected the image of Islam even among Muslims. «The National, Jun 15»
5
'It seemed okay to have a curator say that she has an 'issue' with the …
There's a perception that feminists/liberals tend to be a bit clannish. That is, they would accept you as one of their own so long as you toe their ... «Newslaundry, Jun 15»
6
Peter Goodman: Pope Francis is speaking plainly to power
The church's clannish protection of child-molesting priests has caused many more kids to suffer molestation by priests who should have been ... «Las Cruces Sun-News, Jun 15»
7
Risky business
Coutinho talks about the “Brazilian feel” of clannish, informal, Merseyside. “Liverpool is a friendly club and I feel part of a big family. They're as ... «The Sunday Times, Jun 15»
8
Kogi Arrest: Arm Robbery, Kidnapping Suspect implicate Idris Ozi …
He was said to have told the Police that Idris Ozi donated Gun to his clan which they used to confront their invaders in the last clannish crises in ... «Eagle Reporters, Jun 15»
9
West's snub of Baku European Games reminiscent of Sochi
... resolution and derogatory stories in the European press about the “clannish regime” in Baku (which somehow organized excellent venues for ... «APA, Jun 15»
10
Bourbon owes a debt to its British roots
To put his enormously learned thesis baldly, the reason why people in Appalachia are distrustful of authority, clannish and violent is because ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

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