clannish

Main Entry:
clannish [klan-ish]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exclusive, select
Synonyms: akin, alike, associative, cliquish, close, insular, like, narrow, related, reserved, restricting, restrictive, sectarian, unfriendly, unreceptive
Antonyms: friendly, open, welcoming
Main Entry: sectarian
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: narrow-minded, exclusive
Synonyms: bigoted, clannish, cliquish, dissident, doctrinaire, dogmatic, factional, fanatic, fanatical, hidebound, insular, limited, local, nonconforming, nonconformist, parochial, partisan, provincial, rigid, schismatic, skeptical, small-town, splinter
Notes: sectarian means of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects, while secular means not specifically relating to religion or to a religious body or not religious or spiritual in nature
Antonyms: broad, broad-minded, liberal, nonsectarian
Main Entry: swank
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: exclusive
Synonyms: absolute, aloof, aristocratic, chic, choice, chosen, circumscribed, clannish, classy, cliquish, closed, complete, confined, country club, discriminative, elegant, entire, exclusionary, exclusory, fancy, fashionable, full, independent, licensed, limited, narrow, only, particular, peculiar, posh, preferential, private, privileged, prohibitive, restrictive, ritzy, segregated, select, selfish, single, snobbish, socially correct, sole, swanky, total*, undivided, unique, upper crust, whole
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