Definition Dictionary

A group used as a standard for evaluating one's own attitudes, abilities, or circumstances.

Approval expressed openly by a group, often through a voice vote.

A collection or combination of separate things into a group or total.

Unreasonably intolerant of people or opinions outside one's own group or beliefs.

Done by or relating to people acting as a group.

A person or group joined with another for a shared purpose.

General agreement within a group.

Someone who leaves a group, cause, or country to join another, often opposing, side.

A failure to maintain allegiance or support owed to a person, group, or cause.

Disagreement that produces division within a group.

Concerned with allocating or sharing things among members of a group.

Regularly present or characteristic within a particular place or group.

A group of companions, assistants, or attendants surrounding a person.

Understood by or intended for a small group with specialized knowledge.

A smaller group within a larger one that pursues its own aims or position.

Someone who stays near a person or group mainly to obtain personal benefit.

The confidence, enthusiasm, and sense of purpose of a person or group.

Strongly favoring a particular side, group, or cause.

Spread widely throughout an area, group, or situation.

Someone who abandons a group, cause, or accepted allegiance.

A principle or belief held by a group or within a system of thought.

Shared by everyone in a group.