affinity group

noun

A formal or informal group of people formed around a shared interest or common goal.

Meanings

nounaffinity group (plural affinity groups)

plural affinity groups

  1. A formal or informal group of people formed around a shared interest or common goal.
    1 more example

    But in my corner of the app — the fans and critics who gathered to riff on TV and the real-life events that filtered through it — it feels like the end of an era. Even the finale of “Succession,” a big deal among my affinity group of TV junkies and media obsessives, felt like a trickle next to the big tweetwatches of the 2010s.

    2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times
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APA

affinity group. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affinity%20group

MLA

“affinity group.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affinity%20group. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affinity group,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affinity%20group.

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