cliquishness

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Noun
  • This principle of mutuality, arguably, is what has restored adhocism’s radical potential, even if the method is often interpreted as a showcase for personal inventiveness, decoupled from any broader social context.
    Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • Genuine emotional depth requires safety, mutuality and accountability.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • Topline President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s months-long friendship continued to devolve in spectacular fashion this week as the world’s richest man and the world’s most powerful man engaged in a brutal back-and-forth on their respective social media platforms and beyond.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Maintaining friendships takes a lot of intention, experts said.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • But while Trump and Putin speak of each other with cordiality, relations are testier between the two countries than the rhetoric would indicate.
    Astha Rajvanshi, NBC news, 26 May 2025
  • His finest strengths are personality and cordiality, and both were amplified on the stage.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Instead, Starr would be my roving ambassador of joy and amity in an America that felt starved of such things.
    Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
  • As part of this distancing, Seoul promotes a narrative (as seen in its recent monuments and museums) that emphasizes Japan’s wartime violence and highlights Korean amity with China.
    Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2015
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“Cliquishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliquishness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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