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Grey Tribe

Grey Tribe proper noun: a loosely-defined culture in the United States associated with nerd culture, Silicon Valley, and political beliefs that fall outside of mainstream left-wing or right-wing ideology.

Proper noun

the Grey Tribe

  1. A loosely-defined culture in the United States associated with nerd culture, Silicon Valley, and political beliefs that fall outside of mainstream left-wing or right-wing ideology.
    • (There is a partly-formed attempt to spin off a Grey Tribe typified by libertarian political beliefs, Dawkins-style atheism, vague annoyance that the question of gay rights even comes up, eating paleo, drinking Soylent, calling in rides on Uber, reading lots of blogs, calling American football...2014 September 30, Scott Alexander, “I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup”, in Slate Star Codex, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2023
    • Prominent figures within the Grey Tribe are often international figures who fall within the vague in-between space between the genuine mass-media celebrity and the internet famous YouTuber or tech figure, as will be discussed later, these figures include Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson or...2019 August, Andrew William Jones, The Kids are Alt-Right: The Intellectual Origins of the Alt-Right (thesis), Toronto, Ont.: York University, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2023, page 130

Origin of Grey Tribe

Coined by American psychiatrist and blogger Scott Alexander Siskind in a 2014 blog post (see quotation).

Questions about Grey Tribe

What does Grey Tribe mean?
Grey Tribe means a loosely-defined culture in the United States associated with nerd culture, Silicon Valley, and political beliefs that fall outside of mainstream left-wing or right-wing ideology.
What part of speech is Grey Tribe?
Grey Tribe is a proper noun.

Words near Grey Tribe in the dictionary

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  3. grey tinamous
  4. grey tit
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  7. grey wagtail
  8. grey wagtails
  9. grey warbler
  10. grey warblers
  11. grey water

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