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primary group

noun Sociology.

a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.

Compare secondary group.

Origin of primary group

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby primary group

primary dysmenorrhea, primary effect, primary election, primary fissure of cerebellum, primary gain, primary group, primary growth, primary hemochromatosis, primary hemorrhage, primary herpetic stomatitis, primary hyperoxaluria and oxalosis

Example sentences from the Web for primary group

The Blue Laws of Connecticut are little else than primary-group attitudes written into law.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology |Robert E. Park