Word Study
clannish
CIDE DICTIONARY
clannish, a.
Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clannish, adj. usu. derog.
1 (of a family or group) tending to hold together.
2 of or like a clan.
1 (of a family or group) tending to hold together.
2 of or like a clan.
Derivative
clannishly adv. clannishness n.
THESAURUS
clannish
arrogant, cliquey, cliquish, contemptuous, contumelious, disdainful, elect, ethnic, ethnocentric, exclusive, family, genetic, gentile, gentilic, haughty, lineal, national, phyletic, phylogenetic, racial, scornful, select, selective, sneering, sniffy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, supercilious, toploftical, toplofty, totemic, tribal, witheringFor further exploring for "clannish" in Webster Dictionary Online