cliquish
[ klee-kish, klik-ish ]
/ ˈkli kɪʃ, ˈklɪk ɪʃ /
adjective
OTHER WORDS FROM cliquish
cli·quish·ly, adverb cli·quish·ness, nounWords nearby cliquish
clipshears,
clipsheet,
clipt,
clique,
cliquey,
cliquish,
clishmaclaver,
clisis,
clisthenes,
clistocarp,
clistocarpous
Example sentences from the Web for cliquish
They set up a society that feels like high school on speed—oppressive and cliquish, only way more so.
‘The Bone Season’ Could Be the Next ‘Hunger Games,’ But Is It Any Good? |Leila Sales |August 21, 2013 |DAILY BEASTBut I would rather see the inevitable mistakes made by a democratic rather than a cliquish system of voting.
Any system, in fact, which involves “double election” tends to make the body concerned hidebound and cliquish.
Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day |Alfred Farthing Robbins