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out-group

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out-group (outgrp)
n.
A group of people excluded from or not belonging to one's own group, especially when viewed as subordinate or contemptibly different.

out-group
n
(Sociology) Sociol persons excluded from an in-group


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out-group communities can travel together based first and foremost on present or past positions, but whether overlapping yet distinct out-groups can work together to arrive at a common destination.
In an empirical study, Whitehead, Smith and Eichorn (1982) confirmed Pettigrew's propositions by demonstrating that when a leader disliked or negatively stereotyped a minority out-group subordinate, leader attributions of subordinate performance were significantly worse than his/her attributions for ingroup performance.
Social categorization and memory for in-group and out-group behavior.
 
 
 
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