Meanings
nounout-group (plural out-groups)
plural out-groups
- alternativeAlternative form of outgroup.
In-group bias, sometimes called in-group favoritism or in-group preference, means someone favoring people who look like them or are like them in other ways: in-group versus out-group preferences.
2020 June 6, Lisa Selin Davis, “Children aren’t born racist. Here’s how parents can stop them from becoming racist.”, in CNN, spoken by Sarah Gaither
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