ingroup

noun

Etymology

From in- + group.

  1. calqued from groupe
  2. derived from gruppo
  3. borrowed from groupe — “cluster, group
  4. formed as ingroup — “in- + group

Definitions

  1. The social group that one belongs to.

  2. In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current…

    In cladistics, the monophyletic group that includes all taxa of interest to the current study.

    • A cladistic analysis of 45 ingroup and two outgroup taxa was performed on the basis of 134 characters.
  3. To form an ingroup.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ingroup. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at ingroup. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at ingroup

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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