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To be sure, in-group love and out-group hatred are logically interconnected: the prospect of a common threat can bring us together, so the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In any large organization, there are always smaller cliques, in-groups and out-groups.
—Francine Russo, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2024
Conversely, when people from an in-group spend time with those from an out-group, dislike or mistrust declines.
—Isabel Sawhill, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2021
When revised data support the in-group’s political policies, members of the out-group sometime allege that the numbers were cooked for partisan advantage.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Moreover, recent research has revealed that rural Americans have developed a sense of obligation that is more focused on local in-groups, in contrast with a more universalistic sense of moral obligation found among urban dwellers.
—Jonathan Rodden, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2020
Studies show that nearly all bosses have—or are seen to have—in-groups and out-groups.
—Ginka Toegel
jean-Louis Barsoux, Harvard Business Review, 1 July 2024
Regardless of race and gender, kids struggled to prioritize what was right and just over their prejudices and in-groups.
—Melanie Killen, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
Watching Santosh learn the ropes of her local police station is amusing at first, but Goswami sells its increasing complications through silent reaction shots as her character becomes slowly absorbed by this power structure, its in-group language, its secrets and its casual corruption.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2024
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Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
In any large organization, there are always smaller cliques, in-groups and out-groups.
—Francine Russo, Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2024
Conversely, when people from an in-group spend time with those from an out-group, dislike or mistrust declines.
—Isabel Sawhill, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2021
When revised data support the in-group’s political policies, members of the out-group sometime allege that the numbers were cooked for partisan advantage.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Moreover, recent research has revealed that rural Americans have developed a sense of obligation that is more focused on local in-groups, in contrast with a more universalistic sense of moral obligation found among urban dwellers.
—Jonathan Rodden, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2020
Studies show that nearly all bosses have—or are seen to have—in-groups and out-groups.
—Ginka Toegel
jean-Louis Barsoux, Harvard Business Review, 1 July 2024
Regardless of race and gender, kids struggled to prioritize what was right and just over their prejudices and in-groups.
—Melanie Killen, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
Watching Santosh learn the ropes of her local police station is amusing at first, but Goswami sells its increasing complications through silent reaction shots as her character becomes slowly absorbed by this power structure, its in-group language, its secrets and its casual corruption.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2024
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“In-group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-group. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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