out-group
[
out
-groop]
/ˈaʊtˌgrup/
noun
,
Sociology
1.
people outside one's own
group
, especially as considered to be inferior or alien; a
group
perceived as other than one's own.
Compare
in-group
.
Origin
1905-10;
out-
+
group
British Dictionary definitions for
out-group
out-group
noun
1.
(
sociol
) persons excluded from an in-group