enclaved

comparative more enclaved · superlative most enclaved

1. Forming an enclave; isolated within a surrounding area that has a different culture and/or political identity.

   The village of research was very enclaved and no public transportation.

   2018, Rama Salla Dieng, “'Gone Native?': Reflections of a Feminist tightrope Walker's Research on 'Land Grabbing' and the Delemmas of 'Fieldworking' While Parenting”, in Ruth Jackson, Max Kelly, editor, Women Researching in Africa: The Impact of Gender, page 40

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   Some particularly severe cases of enclaved groups existed in the Soviet Union from the time of the Second World War.

   1996, Edward H. Lawson, Mary Lou Bertucci, Encyclopedia of Human Rights, page 1055

   Coincidentally, this region is the most resistant to change and is very enclaved lacking even access roads.

   2011, Vitalis Pemunta Ngambouk, Health and Cultural Values, page 102

2. Consisting of tightly-knit groups that are closed off from outsiders.

   The enclaved relationship between constituencies provides more room for independence between offices than did the congruent relationship.

   2013, James March, Handbook of Organizations

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   In contrast, work by Barnes, Sullivan and Matka (2003) on Health Action Zones suggests that, where professional commitment is to be secured and where risk taking is to be encouraged, more enclaved forms , with their internally more egalitarian relations and sharper boundaries with outsiders, are more appropriate than individualistic or hierarchical forms.

   2006, E. Peck, Beyond Delivery, page 146

   It is not possible to know from this fact alone whether this marks a difference in the network form of scientist-DBF relations, but it would be of interest for future research to examine whether this might be associated with greater individualism in the Californian pattern and more enclaved styles in Massachusetts biotechnology firms during this period .

   2016, P. Perri, N. Goodwin, E. Peck, Managing Networks of Twenty-First Century Organisations, page 202

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of enclave