How to Use out-group in a Sentence
out-group
noun-
In civil wars, intragroup conflict may be worse for mental health than out-group conflict.
—
Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
-
The sense of a cultural in- and out-group dissolved as niche communities grew and old-school ideas of coolness fell away.
—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
-
Would that kind of thing have seemed funny at the time, or maybe a clever way to avoid a topic either too personal or too fraught for out-group consumption?
—
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
-
That same exclusivity creates in-groups and out-groups, widening divides among employees.
—
Teresa Hopke,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
-
Such tangible essentialism can give groups a concentrated sense of purpose and meaning—and may be coupled with a powerful urge to persecute members of out-groups.
—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
-
Posting is a method of enacting a degraded version of that much-vaunted thing, community, with its ever-changing roster of winners and losers, in-groups and out-groups, and mean girls and sweet guys.
—
Paul McAdory,
Them.,
9 Dec. 2025
-
In this theory, individuals categorize themselves and others into in-groups and out-groups, which shapes perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours and that typically, people tend to favour those in their in-group.
—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'out-group.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated:
