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clubbiness

clubbiness noun: a tendency or choice to socialise only within a limited circle.

Noun

clubbiness (uncountable)

  1. A tendency or choice to socialise only within a limited circle.
    • The WASPs’ clubbiness naturally begets insider trading[…].2007 July 8, John Leland, “The Devil Wears Florsheim”, in New York Times
  2. The state or quality of being clubby, of resembling a small, selective group.

Origin of clubbiness

From clubby + -ness.

Questions about clubbiness

What does clubbiness mean?
Clubbiness means a tendency or choice to socialise only within a limited circle.
What part of speech is clubbiness?
Clubbiness is a noun.

Words near clubbiness in the dictionary

  1. clubbie
  2. clubbier
  3. clubbies
  4. clubbiest
  5. clubbily
  6. clubbiness
  7. clubbing
  8. clubbing out
  9. clubbing together
  10. clubbings
  11. clubbish

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