Associations to the word «Clannish»

Wiktionary

CLANNISH, adjective. Of or related to a clan.
CLANNISH, adjective. Socially exclusive.

Dictionary definition

CLANNISH, adjective. Characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty".
CLANNISH, adjective. Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope