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Definition: Clannishness |
ClannishnessNoun1. Tendency to associate with only a select group. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "clannishness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1907. (references) |
Synonyms: ClannishnessSynonyms: cliquishness (n), exclusiveness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Misjudgment | Esprit de corps, party spirit, partisanship, clannishness, prestige. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Clannishness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Clannishness" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "clannishness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | Stammesgefühl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | φυλετισμόσ (tribalism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | kynneydys, cleinnaght. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | annishnessclay exclusividad (exclusiveness, snobbery). (various references) klikçilik (clanship), klancılık (clanship), gruba başkalarını almama (clanship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "clannishness": clannishnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Clannishness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clenishness, spanishness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-n-n-n-s-s-s" | |
-3 letters: canniness, scaliness. | |
-4 letters: achiness, ashiness, cashless, channels, chinless, clannish, enchains, hessians, laciness, sanicles, shannies. | |
-5 letters: ascesis, ashless, canines, cannels, caseins, chaines, chaises, channel, chasses, chassis, chisels, clashes, classes, classis, enchain, encinal, encinas, hansels, hassels, hassles, hessian, incases, inhales, inlaces, innless, lashins, lassies, lichens, nancies, nannies, salines, sanicle, sanseis, scaleni, sheilas, siennas, silanes, sinless. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-n-n-n-s-s-s" | |
+2 letters: clannishnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 61 6E 6E 69 73 68 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- -. -. .. ... .... -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100001 01101110 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101000 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l a n n i s h n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0061 006E 006E 0069 0073 0068 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377867808075857480718585 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | "ερμανός, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemán, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, Greagish, Greagagh, griego, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, Spaainish, Spaainagh, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | türkisch, τούρκικοσ, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turco, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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