clique
/klik/
noun
- A small, exclusive group of people who spend time together and do not easily allow others to join them.
- The art club was friendly and open, but the drama club was a tight clique that rarely welcomed newcomers.
- The popular girls at school formed a clique that never invited anyone new to sit with them.
- In the office, there was a clique of managers who always had lunch together and made decisions without consulting others.
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