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cliquemate

cliquemate noun: one who is a member of the same clique.

Noun

cliquemate (plural cliquemates)

  1. One who is a member of the same clique.
    • Eder (1985) observed how early adolescent girls’ need to remain vigilant about their status in the popular clique forced them to approach friendships cautiously. Recognizing their cliquemates—as well as outsiders—as potential competitors for social status, they carefully censured the information...2004, B. Bradford Brown, “Adolescents’ Relationships with Peers”, in Richard M. Lerner, Laurence Steinberg, editors, Handbook Of Adolescent Psychology, 2nd edition, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons...

Forms of cliquemate

pluralcliquemates

Origin of cliquemate

From clique + -mate.

Questions about cliquemate

What does cliquemate mean?
Cliquemate means one who is a member of the same clique.
What part of speech is cliquemate?
Cliquemate is a noun.
What is the plural of cliquemate?
The plural of cliquemate is cliquemates.

Words near cliquemate in the dictionary

  1. clique widths
  2. cliqued
  3. cliquedom
  4. cliqueless
  5. cliquelike
  6. cliquemate
  7. cliquemates
  8. cliqueness
  9. cliqueries
  10. cliquery
  11. cliques

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